Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Children of the Village

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Today we had an entourage of about fifty boys and one girl. I estimated that they were ages three to fourteen. They formed when Julia, Campbell, Carley, Qlo, and I stayed with the driver while the dads took a walk to another well we funded for the community. We didn’t want to walk because we were feeling lightheaded from the walk we had to take to a different well down a rocky slope and back up. All of the boys stared at us like we were green space aliens while we sat on the roof of the car under a tree to get some much needed shade and air. When we drove over to go inside a house, they all ran full speed after our car and actually managed to keep up. When we left the house they were there waiting for us. When we left in the car to go to the celebration they ran after our car the whole way without slowing down. They grinned a ton when we got our gifts (tank tops and buckets of honey) and some ran after us when we drove out of the village.

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  1. Blogger FredJanuary 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM

    Katie,
    My name is Diane and I too have seen many people without sufficient drinking water. I think that what you are doing is very important and I hope that you will see with wide open eyes what God has created in the people of Ethiopia. I also hope that you can explain to others about what you have learned while there. It is very important that people in America understand that they have been extraordinarily blessed!

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  2. AnneWaltJanuary 16, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    Katie and Jules-----Just read your latest blogs. Thanks so much for taking the time to tell us about your adventures. Katie--do you think you'll ever have 50 boys chasing you again? Sounds like a girl's dream. Bet Lex is jealous. See any dogs that look like Mars? Bear? Save some honey for me and g ma. Hike up rocky hillside, Julia, sounds like the climb you and I took in Ireland. Remember how you thought we were lost--and I wouldn't admit we were.I love your description of the animals. You should have your own farm someday. How's your dad holding up? Keep writing and taking lots of pictures. G ma Nancy and G pa Walt are proud of you all. We have a foot of snow here and it's 0 degrees out. Is it very warm there?

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