Finally arrived in Addis Ababa - September 20

Praise God. I've made it to Addis Ababa. The trip was terribly long.
After getting to Washington D.C., it was a direct flight to Ethiopia,
we just stopped in Rome to refuel. But we were not aloud to get off
the plane. Travel time from when I left my house, to when I got to
where I am staying now was 29 hrs.

When we landed in Addis, Fletcher and I were both a little nervous
about getting through customs because we had lots of equipment such as
a laptop, projector, tools, and medicines. We really didn't want to
pay duty for all of that stuff. When we had finally gotten all of our
baggage, we got into the customs line. Everyone had to put all their
luggage through a scanner. There was a big mission group in front of
us and they were taking a little while. When it was finally our turn,
the first guard just waved us on through!! When we got to the second
guard, he first put his hand up to stop us, then he also waved us
through. It was crazy. We didn't even see that happen to any of the
natives that were going through.

We are staying at the Union Conference right now. Gimbie, our final
destination is another 10 hrs away. We got in Thursday night, so
yesterday was spent buying food and supplies to be used in Gimbie. We
have almost everything we need now. We wanted to buy a cell phone, but
we haven't had the chance yet. Justin got in last night, around 9. We
weren't able to pick him up, but when he got to the compound Fletch
and I told him that he was going to have to sleep in the room attached
to ours. We told him that we had slept there the night before and that
there where huge spiders on the ground. He freaked out and promptly
said, "No way, I'm sleeping with you guys." And he did.

That's all for now from Ethiopia. Keep me in your prayers. I'm not
feeling good at all. I have a low temperature and a sore throat and
cough.