Ethiopian Adventure Review: DAY FIVE

Thursday, June 19, 2008.

We went to the airport today to retrieve ONE piece of luggage. We took 'bets' on what we thought it would be--I vote the guitar! *I* was correct. lol There was an armed guard & he would not allow all of us to go into the luggage area, so Larry & Brent went in.

They did tell us they found all the bags & the rest would arrive tonight, which means--which means it will follow us to Jimma on Ethiopian Air & meet us there.

I am seeing a lot of familiar plants & flowers: fern, palms, vincas, hibiscus, morning glory's, ivy & other familiar plants that I can't remember the names of.

I mostly feel homesick @ night when I am cold & uncomfortable. But it's ok & not that bad.

There is some construction going on but the scaffolding is made of sticks & thin logs.

We drove 7 hours to Jimma. Along the road I saw traditional round huts made of mud & sticks w/ thatched roofs. Appears to be much more agricultural living. I saw women & young girls washing clothes in muddy water. We passed by the beginning of the Rift Valley & a river that leads all the way to Kenya.

While we were driving & passing the homes & huts, in the 'window' of one of the huts I saw a very evil face--not a human face though, it was larger & when I looked again, it was gone. Then I had thoughts (heard thoughts) of a threatening nature--to leave, don't go, turn back & w/ a 'threatening' tone or feel to them. I began to pray & then, in my mind, saw an image of an angel above our car & then it sped off ahead of us & was fighting things that were coming in it's path--w/ a sword. Then I felt @ peace.

We went straight to a church & Larry spoke, it was very inspirational.

There is a graduation this weekend from a big University, so all the hotels are booked. We are staying in a lesser motel. Angela & I lucked out & got a room w/ an actual toilet, that is nice. The first room they were going to put us in was filled w/ extra 'guests': lots of cockroaches & mosquitoes & only had a squat toilet.

They wanted to put us in separate rooms, we said NO WAY! lol They don't keep Gideon Bibles in the nightstands---there is a box of condoms instead. We have to prepare our testimony & I feel @ a total loss. We are not even sleeping under the covers--we are sleeping on top of the bed, in our clothes.

We spread out our new jackets & I spread out my new skirt & slept on top of those. I used my Bible as a pillow...Larry told us to expect bed bugs.