A day in the life....

So, a few people have asked us what a day in Ethiopia looks like for us. Well, we're in language school right now which means we're living in Addis and life looks a little different than it would if we were down in TI. So, we'll tell you about TI when we get back down there.

As for Language school, here's pretty much what it looks like:


Hooked on Fidelics worked for me!


Get up
Eat Breakfast
Go to School, which consists of:
-Learning some form of verb prefix or suffix, of which there are endless options in Amharic in order to conjugate gender subject, tense, and whether the verb is positive or negative. We still don't have ANY clue when it comes to all of this!
-Language helper time... They drill us with questions about our family, country, work, home, where we went yesterday (past tense is easiest!) and then they mess with us by asking where we'll go tomorrow!
-Devotion and Tea time
-Another class where we fake our way through understanding a telephone conversation, or buying stuff in the market.
-A cultural orientation from some knowledgeable people.

Then there's lunch, maybe at the migib bayt down the street for injera
Maybe a Nap
I'd like to say there's going to be studying, but that happens about 50% of the time!
Then the evenings have a wide variety! There could be a restaurant, a book to read, a meal with friends at home... who knows!?

So, we'll fill you in again on TI life when we head back down there which will be in about 3 ½ weeks.

Later!

-Stephen and Melanie