It's Sunday!


Well we went 'to the end of the earth' as the people in Begi called it.  Border of South Sudan and it was nice.  We saw two refugee camps and I am very sad to say we could not enter them. The one we thought we were going to; we did not have the correct papers. Maybe that is for the best but I must say I was disappointed. There are 10,000 refugees staying in the camp--- it is ran by the UN and the Ethiopian govt gives food.  Apparently a lot of the food comes from Anerica ultimately so it does not help the local economy. 
It had a gated entrance, barbed wire fence around a lot of it but it did look like some people could come and go. Apparently some do attend 3 different local churches.  Majority are Muslim but the local Pastors/congregations do go in and visit, give and put up tents. Most of the structures were tent like...white tarps that had UN on them. Some buildings were near the front--those had tin roofs etc and were offices apparently. 
In 2006 there was a Muslim uprising so a lot of Protestant churches were burned.  People died then and the situation is still fairly tenuous. 
So all in all an interesting trip....back in Nejo now, back to Metu tomorrow. Oh my gosh...I almost forgot---we saw some kind of cat (leopard/cheetah?) run across the road today!  AWESOME!  On the other side were baboons so we think it was being chased...cool. 
Happy Sinday to you all...I love Sunday:). Life is good, God is better:). 

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  1. CyndiOJuly 8, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    Carol,

    I re read your blog from beginning to end. I can't believe what a brave choice you have made, to completely change you life and dedicate yourself to helping others full time. Truely God is at the helm of your ship!

    CyndiO

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