On the road to Woleita

Yesterday, we packed up and prepared to embark on a 2 day trip to one of our orphanages in Woleita which was about 7 hours south of Addis Ababa. But first, since it was on the way, we got to stop at Project Mercy! Our friend from school, Bedru, was back in Ethiopia for the summer and had invited us to stop by the school that he grew up going to.Being the Taylor Students that we are, we had heard so much about it that it made for an offer almost too good to pass up.

Our new little buddy Addis Alam (meaning New World) also got to spend these 2 days with us. He had only come to Addis Ababa for a doctor's visit and we needed to take him back to Wolita since he didn't have an adoptive family yet. But by the end of the trip we had fallen in love with him and we didn't want to give him back! Addis spent the night with us in Hosana (with his adorable footie pajamas!!) and he was such a good baby for us! For dinner we tried to feed him injera but he snubbed it. He would only accept bread and milk, but we gladly gave him what he wanted :-)