Rytas writing

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Our house is very different from America. We sometimes have a cook to help
> us. She wears a scarf on her head. She cooked us injera.
> It is a big pancake bread with meat on top. She made us oatmeal in the
> morning. We have a servant bell in our house. We don't have a TV. On
> Saturday nights we watch a video on our computer.
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> I like the animals here. We see donkeys, sheep, goats, chickens, dogs and
> cats every day. Last Sunday we saw a babboon outside. He stole a man's shoe.
> Everybody laughed. We have 2 guards, a night guard and day guard. I play
> soccer with our night guard.

I play soccer. It is hard because the kids are older. The coach likes me so I get to be on the bigger kids' group. The field is big and rocky. You fall down more than in America because there are rocks that make you slip. There is no grass so it hurts when you fall down.

I got a drum yesterday. I used my own money to buy it. It cost 20 Br, which is the same as about $2. Ciao! (That's how they say good-bye here.)

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Photos

Rytas and Tadyass at school
Rytas is here with his good friend, Tadyass.

Vasara and Rytas with Anwar
Anwar drives the kids across town to school every day.

blondie
queuing up to enter the British International School. Can you spot Rytas' blonde hair?

Vasara and Rytas and cow
in Entoto region outside of Addis Ababa.

Comments

[Vija Sidryte]

WOW!
Miela Kulbiu seima, WOW WOW WOW!!! It's been amazing reading your blog, and the pictures are fantastic. I think about all of you and pray often-- yesterday during mass Kun. Saulaitis mentioned all of you and your incredible adventure very beautifully. Hope you continue to face every challenge with a positive attitude!