our town pretty late (around 7). It started off bad because we
couldn't use the internet at lunch because the power was out in the
city, and then we hadn't gotten our mail yet. But then we got our
mail and Kimberly and I had not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 pieces of mail.
A card from her family, a card from her grandmother, a package from
her family, and a package from my family. The packages were filled
with soap, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, summer sausage, cheese, candy,
peanut butter, Relevant Magazine, a puzzle book, Cheez-Its, beef
jerky, Vicks Vaporub, and a few other things. The soap and hand
sanitizer couldn't have come at a better time as we ran out today.
Also, Kimberly has a cold now so the Vicks is extremely beneficial as
well.
Also, after we got back to our site, we went over the house of a
fellow trainee to celebrate her 23rd birthday. It was probably the
best birthday party I have ever been to. Her host family had
literally gone all out and made cake, juice, french fries, and
cookies. They even had these flare looking fireworks for her to hold
while we sang Happy Birthday. For all of this to be accomplished in
some small town in Ethiopia literally shows how awesome her family is
and how much effort they put into it. I know if I were spending my
birthday on the other side of the world without any family or close
friends it would be incredibly hard, but they really went above and
beyond to make her feel like part of their family.
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