Frist blog from Ethiopia!

So I got here! The flight to Germany was okay. I had a hard time sleeping. It took forever to find my gate—it is under construction so the signs were wrong, but I got to get my passport stamped. Cameron was at the gate when I got there, and Anisha arrived shortly thereafter, so it was all good. Anisha did not have to go through security at all. We napped on the plane (we were all sitting togetherish), and took pictures out the window and Cameron and I played some card games. We got through customs with no problems, and went to get our luggage. We found everything… except my trunk. So I had to go and tell the people. Meanwhile, Cameron went through security because Dr. Gemechu was kind of confused as to why they were waving but not coming through. Anisha waited while they tracked down my trunk. Wherever it is, it is not in Ethiopia J. They said it would probably arrive today (Sunday). The ride here was bumpy—they will patch the roads once the rainy season is over. They just built a road to the Learning Village (it was really hard to get to it before when it was rainy). They have cows and donkeys and birds. They wake up around four. We all slept last night, but woke up because of the birds. We were planning on getting up at 8 so we could go to church, butttt we accidentally went back to sleep until 1115 because we slept through the alarm. The place here where we are staying is so nice. It is a guest house doohickey. We have a living area with two really pretty couches and a chair and a table with chairs. We have a closent area with drawers and a place to hang things. Anisha and I are living here (we think we have full beds). Dr. Gemechu was so hospitable. He kept apologizing for things which is stupid because it is so nice. He was all sorry our beds were in the same room—we were expecting one bed. We have a bathroom with a sink and toilet and shower (there were no bugs in the shower), and the washing machine is in our bathroom. Cameron just has a bedroom, cloesnt area, and bathroom area (without a washing machine). Our living room will be our hang-out area. We have a little foyer, and on one side is the door to Anisha’s and my room, and the door to our kitchen is on the other side. We have a table and chairs and hutch and sink and stove (which is either electricity or gas) and a fridge and microwave and cabinets. They already had some food for us there. For milk for our cereal they have powdered milk and they also had bottled water for us. On the back of the cereal box there is an advertisement for soy milk so we think we might look for that too. We have a television. We have not tried that yet. It is rainy today. We are just kind of relaxing and stuff. They brought us some food around 12. It is very spicy. There were beets, carrots and pineapple, and three spicy dishes (one had mashed potatoes!). I will have to become accustomed to the spiciness. Tomorrow they will show us around and stuff and then Monday, work! Anisha and I are happy we get to live together. We also have a potted plant. Andd spiders. Anisha killed a few last night. There are also flies, but I can kill those by myself. There was a tiny frog in the entryway last night. We left him alone and he went back outside. For church, they just have a small group of people who meet, not an actual church. Anyway, I do like it here so far. It is very nice for being a SM for a year. Bye!