We went to Langano!

Last weekend we had a girls weekend (except for Moses) at Langano. Langano is the only lake in Ethiopia that you can swim in because there’s bilharzias in all the other lakes in Ethiopia. Although the water was brown and the sand wasn’t as white as Zanzibar, I think I enjoyed it just as much as I would’ve enjoyed Zanzibar! It was absolutely wonderful to get away for a weekend and relax. We played a whole lot of games. Especially Settlers of Catan (Settlers for i danskere!) Our last night there Malene and I hardly slept because it was raining so hard and when we got up it was still raining. The kids really wanted to go swimming (and if we’re being honest, so did the the volunteers!) so we ended up driving to the beach, running into the water while it was pouring, taking a quick swim and the running back up to the car to get warmed up again. It was so cold that my face was blue until I started swimming, but it was great fun and we felt like very cool volunteers!    

On another note my grandpa turns 70 years old today! I wanted to send him a video greeting on Skype and found this verse in process. “See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.” Is. 12, 2. In many ways I feel like my grandfather has lived his life on the peace and hope that is found in the victory that Jesus gave us, and it is a good reminder for me also. God is my peace, God is my joy and with him I don’t have to be afraid. I am so incredibly thankful to be in Ethiopia and I have truly fallen completely in love with Ethiopia, but that doesn't mean that it's always easy. It’s not always easy to be so far away from my family, to live in a country where everything is so completely different, to always to the center of attention when you’re out and yet still feel alone at times. BUT God is my strength and my song. That is why I can say that although being here is tough, it is worth every minute.