Apr.
5th, 2010
I
woke up at 5:00 am with a case of Ethiopia’s revenge. I downed some Pepto Bismol and made several
trips back and forth to the toilet for the next hour. At 6:00 am Kebeda called me and informed me that
my vehicle would arrive in 15 minutes which was wonderful news because the last
I had heard was that he couldn’t get it until 8:00 am. I dressed quickly grateful that I had packed
everything the night before. Now that I
am more comfortable in Ethiopia I find it much easier to drive myself and not
have to wonder when the driver is going to arrive.
When
the car arrived I was surprised that it was not the four wheel drive that I had
asked for fortunately I had set up with Mekonen to swap vehicles if we needed
to do that. Due to the early start I
avoided a lot of traffic and made it to Debre Zeit in about 45 minutes. I dropped off ET supplies with Dr. Tamrat
then headed on to Mojo where I grabbed a quick breakfast.
I
was surprised and pleased to get a call from Erika on my Ethiopian phone. (Marty taught us how to use Skype to call the
Ethiopian phones for very cheap.) I had
missed them for scripture study so she just called to say hello.
Embryo recipient cows at ATARC |
I
arrived at ATARC at 9:45 and we went right to work. Dr. Hailu and his staff have done a good job
feeding the animals lately and they are in very good shape compared to where
they were a year ago. We went through
the 46 head in about two hours. Most of them are now cycling so we should get
much better results this time around.
The five pregnant ones are looking pretty good.
Abera
and I spent the afternoon updating each other and planning our work. We toured the research farm and evaluated the alfalfa. It is dry now but should grow really well in the coming months when the rains come. There is a lot of work that needs to be done
in a lot of different areas. I am glad
that we have the Lord to do some mighty miracles because we are going to need
them.
We also stopped by Abera's home so that I could say hello to his wife and daughter.
We also stopped by Abera's home so that I could say hello to his wife and daughter.
Abera's Beautiful Daughter Dureti |
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