Preparing to Go

Ethiopian Consulate in Los Angeles

Last week we visited the Ethiopian Consulate in LA to obtain travel Visas for out upcoming trip. It was cool to see materials in Amharic and look at the display cases full of spices and coffee. Best of all was learing phrases of greeting like "tena yistllign" which means "hello". Well, it's a start. Also wonderful was seeing Melaku from Ammanuel Light and Light church. Such a sweet and humble man. And always so calm.

Visas :)

Preparation to travel to a foreign country cannot be complete with a trip to Outdoor World...even I like this store. But it is like the camping store for the Rich and Famous...seriously. We want to be good stewards so we limited ourselves to sleeping bags, an insect and snake bite kit (ponder that!), Deet products, and a couple of those roll-em-up-in-your-suitcase-all-weather-sunscreen shirts for Tim (clearance only, baby!)