Monday..

On Monday, we got to bring the kids back to the guest house. It was a fun morning just hanging out with the kids and playing. It was amazing to see the look on Terefech's face as we pulled out in the bus. She was so excited. She had a great time at the guest house. We debated on showing her or letting her try on new shoes and new clothes. She got to see the clothes but we did let her wear some new shoes. It is hard to imagine what that feels like. She has most likely never owned anything new and certainly never had a closet with clothes that were just hers. It was a great morning but we did have to take the kids back to the guest house for the rest of the day. This will be the last time though...tomorrow they are ours!

We spent the afternoon at the National Museum and shopping. The museum houses "Lucy, " the world's oldest humanoid relic. She is currently touring in the US but we saw a copy. There was some amazing things in this regular building that is so unassuming. Museums in Ethiopia are so different than museums here. There are no attendants, items out in the open, and you are allowed to take pictures. We kind of felt like rule breakers while in the museum. After the museum, we went to a "textile market." One of the members of our group was on the hunt for a specific scarf and so our guest house manager, Ato Girma, took us on a special shopping expedition. We were greeted by a man in an Ohio State sweatshirt who ended up guided part of the group around the shopping area. We bought scarves, jewelry and other things. Rich walked off on his own and ended up playing soccer with some kids. It was a speedy 45 minutes but like most of the events in Ethiopia, it was memorable.