Saturday after our Kids club Sandy and I accepted an invitation to follow Maskaram and Markamo to their home for a visit. We walked the mile and a half to their house under a cloudy sky that was threatening to break open any moment. It was a very pleasant walk and we turned off of the main road and onto a dirt road going up the hill and that turned into a smaller track and that turned into a foot path. We arrived to find the house situated in a nice grove of eucalyptus trees . The little yard was tidy and had a typical outdoor kitchen. We were sorry to see the large ceramic plate used for baking injeura was broken. We will need to find out how much it costs and replace it.
The house itself is just a one room structure of sticks and mud with a tin roof. Again very typical for Burayu. The bunk along one wall and a couple of chairs were the only furnishings, a few baskets hung on the wall. When I took the kids photo it revealed a cross drawn on the wall. We had not seen it before because there was no light and no window ,only the door. It was a tidy little space like the yard outside. They live here with their father. He is a pleasant man and Markamo has his dads smile. Maskaram is a very quiet girl and we never have any trouble with her or with Markamo. She is one of the girls who is always hugging on us. Such affectionate people, the children even more so. Just one of many reasons why it is so easy to fall in love with Ethiopia and its people.
We realized we were close to the church construction site so we decided to walk over and check on the progress there but that is another blog. <>< CW
Beautiful.
” Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven , that one of these little ones should perish”
Matthew 18:19