Anyways, I was thoroughly celebrated with lots of good food, people and presents what more can a girl ask for?!
The day started with breakfast on the screened in porch and presents. My parents had sent a present with me that I had been staring at longingly for quite some time, so it was really fun to what was in it. A couple of friends we lived with in Tanzania had also send me package with me full of flags and candles to use. On top of that four of my girlfriends had managed to send a package with Malene without me finding out about it, so that was quite a surprise. You better believe I shed a tear or ten over being blessed with such wonderful friends!
Lots of wonderful presents
The view from where I live right now
The school house, it's only the right half that's the school, the other half is a guesthouse
The view from the schoolhouse
After breakfast Kari gave me a full tour of the compound , it's incredibly beautiful here, I feel so blessed. The workers on the compound decided that they wanted to celebrate Asle and Karis return to Hawassa, so they slaughtered a goat and made injera (a traditional Ethiopian pancake made with sourdough and a type of flour that is only found in Ethiopia) and bread. It was incredibly tasty, I've never tasted goat before so I was pleasently surprised! After the meal they hand roasted coffee the traditional Ethiopian way, I had mine with a whole lot of sugar!
This is where we had our lovely meal!
My Ethiopian birthday meal, injera, goat meat, hard boiled egg, and homemade bread
Roasting the coffee
The power went out around seven and didn't come again until around ten this morning, so we spend the evening reading and playing board games. I even taught Kari SkiBo!
All in all it was a great day, and I kinda love that it was such a mix of Norwergian, Danish and Ethiopian traditions.
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