Visit with Sara

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Sara, as I mentioned earlier, is the sister of Misrak, our church secretary and her mother also attends our church at home. Sara spent seven years in the US and when her visa ran out she was forcibly repatriated to Kenya.

Sara and Mickey, her 28-year old nephew, who is a pastor, picked us up from the hotel in his car about 11:00 and they took us to the Rodeo restaurant for a nice lunch (no injera). By about noon, Michael left to pick up his 3 ½ year old daughter, Caris (which means, “grace” in Greek} from her pre-school nearby and brought her back to the restaurant. She had a marvelous time playing in the restaurant gardens, on the stuffed horse, in the fountain and all around.


After lunch, they took us to Mickey’s home where we had a wonderful afternoon chatting with them and Mickey’s wife, Tsega., which means “grace” in Amharic, and enjoying a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

We left about 5:00 for a church service at the Ethiopian Full Gospel Church (not Mickey’s) and were amazed at the large number of people in attendance. They come from a great distance around to engage in a praise service three times a week. The service lasted about 3 hours and we understood about two words total (hallelujah was one and I have forgotten the other). The entire service was in Amharic and it was too fast and loud for Mickey and Sara to translate for us.

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Photos

Our Friends
Mickey, Caris (she's the squirmy one) and Sara

Tsega
traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony - after this much coffee we may not sleep for a week.

Praise!
Ethiopian Full Gospel Church - all in the Amharic language, but we felt like we fit right in and they were very welcoming to us.