Saturday-Sunday, during which we eat too much

Sabbath, busy as usual. As we were finishing up our Sabbath school, Amanuel came and asked if we aka Cameron would lead out in a Sabbath school for some people who understood English but not Amharic. It is a really cool story, actually.
One day, these two ladies knocked on Amanuel’s door looking for his brother-in-law. He was due home soon, so Amanuel invited them in to wait. They had the Hope Channel on (an Adventist channel), and the two women asked, “Are you Christian?”
“Yes, I am Christian?” replied Amanuel.
“Are you Protestant?”
“Yes, I am Protestant.”
“What denomination?”
“I am Seventh-day Adventist.”
“You are Seventh-day Adventist?”
“Yes, I am Seventh-day Adventist”
“We are Seventh-day Adventist too!!”
Much excitement. So those ladies and some other people were from the Congo, and are now here in Addis. Another miracle, some guys they know ended up meeting Amanuel and his family on their way to church this week, and they were looking for our church! So amazing.
After potluck, the pastor had another meeting, so we did that, then had rehearsal for our Christmas program.
I talked to Girma with Amanul (Amanuel to translate), and we eventually switched them. Girma is now Magi 1 and Amanuel is Joseph. So now the play is slightly weird, because Amanuel’s daughter is playing Mary. Oops. Oh well. He is tall enough, and Girma seems like he will be able to memorize all of the lines for Magi 1 in time. So God really provided for this situation!

On Sunday, we went into town to try to print some pictures for the kids for Christmas and to get some produce. It only took us 20 minutes to get to the road. The PhotoBethel turned out to be a bust (they cannot print from a CD). We will ask Dr. Gemechu about it. After that, we went to the same restaurant as before, and Cameron got coffee and ordered butter firfir. After he ordered, we realized that there was a fasting menu, so I kept teasing him, saying that he was going to end up with kitfo (basically, raw meat with lots of butter). However, whatever we got did not have any meat in it (we do not think it did anyway). Off to get produce from our dude. He invited us inside the little stand, and made us fresh avocado smoothies with his blender. I do not like avocados. But I was hospitable, and ate mine until Cameron finished his. Then we switched. I was a little worried, though, because he rinsed out the glasses before he poured the smoothie. With not good water for us. I am really happy, though, that we are developing a relationship with them. The lady who works there is really nice too. After we finished the smoothies, we went across the street to get mangos. We were paying, when we hear a whistle. Samson! He was right next door drinking coffee with some of his friends, and invited us to join him. But we were both stuffed to bursting, so we said no. He offered to carry my backpack, and walked with us all the way back to the Learning Village. On our way out of town, I stopped at a store, and bought a pair of shoes that I thought would fit Dureti. Once we were home and unloading out purchases, I realized that one of the shoes was missing! Cameron went back to look for it. I figured that it could not have possibly fell out sooner than when his bag broke and we put his in mine. He walked to where we had done that, and then felt impressed to keep going to the bottom of the hill. On his way back, a lady in the house near where we had dropped it waved to him and indicated that she had our shoe!! Another miracle! God is so awesome. On his way back into the compound, Dureti was there, and went up to him and smiled, and asked if the shoe was for her. Cameron said no, and she accompanied him to our house. We got both shoes, and I gave them to her. She seemed really happy. *warm fuzzies.* Best $1.50 ever spent.
Then I did not feel good, so we vegged out in front of the TV and watched a movie. My tummy still hurts. Hopefully it will feel better when I wake up tomorrow.