PROCESS
We are down to needing just $660 in the next three weeks. We can
do this!
Aaron is working with Rakeb now to complete the visa
application, and once that is complete they will be scheduling her interview
with the US Embassy.
RAKEB
The coffee in Ethiopia is incredible! That said, the way it is
prepared there is much different than here and through their process it becomes
extremely strong. The average sized cup of coffee is about 1/6 the size of what
we are used to here in the US. Rakeb is not a big fan of coffee, but its
existence in every aspect of Ethiopian culture often makes it hard to avoid.
When she succumbed to societal pressures to drink coffee (which is always drunk
without milk or creamer) she would try to avoid the bitter bite of goodness by
adding sugar. One time when I was preparing the coffee for a few people I put
in a heaping spoonful of sugar into her coffee and asked her if that was good.
She said, “more”. After adding 3 more heaps she was content.
Part of the coffee experience. Notice the size of the sugar bowl compared tot he cups...
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopians love kids! Once while myself and another
Ethiopian were picking someone up from the airport, he befriended a little boy
who was maybe 2 years old. While the little boys parents went through security
and entered the airport (much smaller than what you are probably imagining) my
colleague played with the boy outside. He even took him down to the parking
lot, sat him up in our SUV, and drove him around to wave to all the guards.
Again, this whole time the boys parents, who we’d just met, were inside the
airport! When the person we were picking up arrived, my colleague brought the
boy back to the entrance of the airport, got the attention of his parents, and
we all went about the rest of our day as if this wasn’t a crazy occurrence.
The rural Ethiopian airport where the story above took place
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