That's it. That's the highlight of the week. After a long day of walking and lacking sustenance, we stumbled onto a back alley road and found an እናት (Mother) frying up some taters. A serving was only 10 birr which is like 25 cents so we loaded up on those things. They were perhaps the greatest fries I've ever eaten and lemme just say I was a happy Elder.
They were actually that good but really the highlight of the week was on Thursday. Elder Anbesse and I took a bus to a town 30 minutes outside of Addis Ababa called Tulu Dimtu to do some finding and my goodness it was an experience. For one Tulu Dimtu isn't necessarily a "town" but more like a huge grouping of apartment complexes that people have set up shops around and at the base of. It's strangely isolated from Addis, and all the roads were dirt. Legit some people were traveling by donkey-drawn wooden carriages it was so awesome. I'm sure it's way off the beaten path for a white person too so I was drawing a lot of stares haha.
We had a lot of success in Tulu though and that was honestly miraculous to see. All of the people here really love Christ and are willing to talk to us. 99% of the contacting is done in Amharic which is a struggle currently but even I was able get a number speaking English to some people from Sudan. One guy called out to me in perfect English, but then proceeded to sit me down and tell me his conspiracies about missionaries and the Church. On the way home from Tulu we must have gotten on the wrong bus because it took a major detour and we ended up getting a tour of Addis for a few hours.
One more thing. We have a friend who is going to be baptized this week! His name is Danny and he's awesome. I don't know him very well but I'm super excited for him
I've been thinking a lot about temples this week! One of the goals of our mission is to get a Temple built here in Ethiopia! In order to do that you need a Stake, and in order to get a Stake you need at least 7 branches. Right now, Ethiopia has 4. But with the growth that we are seeing 7 is reachable soon enough. Thinking about people that don't have access to those blessing made me realize just how grateful I am for the temple and how much I miss it. It's a place to learn about God, his plan, serve, receive guidance and feel unrivaled peace. I hope we will all take advantage of those blessings as temples re-open.
Have a great week everyone!
እግዚአብሔር ያውቃችኋል
እና ያፈቅራችኋ
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God knows you and loves you
Elder Miles
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| Only photo I got of Tulu Dimtu |
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| Amharic Fanta |
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| Tegabit, the best Ethiopian food I've had so far |
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| Elder Anbesse and I |
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