So we did not bring our laptop on our trip to Harar so sorry about the lack of blog in the past week. For those who don't know, Harar is about 5 hours east of Addis and is a very old city with remnants of a castle in it. We got to see the epic countryside of the Rift Valley and Harar, as well as a national park called Awash and lake called Awasa. So we started by leaving early on monday and driving the long trip to Harar. The next day we visited the orphanage there and got to see a good amount of the city and the ruins, as well as a couple other historical sites. Wednesday we started painting and got a lot of it done, and during the evening we got to feed hyenas by holding a stick in our mouths with meat hanging off of it! It was pretty intense, they're like fat coyotes on steroids. Thursday we finished painting and played with the kids. We gave them a ball from Canada and a bunch of pillow case dresses. Friday we went to Dire Dawa and visited the orphanage there and then drove to Awasa. Then today we got up and saw the lake, took a boat tour and saw some hippos, and got to eat freshly caught talapia! It was so good! One guy gave Erik and I some raw fish and it wasn't that bad except the spices on it was probably the rankest thing I've had this trip. It was so spicy it felt like someone had driven a stake through my tongue. It's so sad to think it's almost over...but God has shown us so many cool things and I can only hope we have done as much as we could have while here. Thank you so much for your support! We're taking lots of pictures so here's some...
Grayson
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