A few photos from the trip

On the road to Hossana. The trip was approximately 150 miles long. The first 130 miles is nice paved road, but the last 20 miles or so is all dirt. They are working on extending the main road all the way to Hossana, but construction is a slow process. To shut down the roads, workers place a line of rocks across the road. Drivers are forced to forge their own paths next to the main road. These paths traverse some pretty treacherous terrain around giant boulders and sinkholes and through rivers. Driving is truly an art form in Ethiopia!



Thatched-roof mud huts, called tukuls, are a common type of dwelling in the southern part of Ethiopia. Our children were born inside of this type of home. On the drive from Addis south to Hossana, we were able to see many of these homes in various stages of construction. Some huts were just skeletons consisting of long sticks jutting up from the earth. Others had the mud walls and thatched roofs in place. Still others were beautifully decorated with paintings on the outside.



This was the view from the old CHSFS guest house to the new care center complex. I took this photo at about 6 am the day after we first met our children. It was such a stunning view, and I was completely in awe of the fact that our babies were sleeping just down the road.



This was an area just down the road from the old guesthouse on the way to the CHSFS school. The locals were always out and about, sitting and talking, selling their wares, or walking to church services.