August
4th, 2010 Addis-Holeta
After
a scripture study and Spanish tortilla breakfast Abera and I drove to Selam Manufacturing where we purchased another water pump and we ordered a butter
churn. The last time we were there we
went to the first office to make our order, then the second office to pay, and then
the storehouse to show them our paid receipt to pick up the pump. We happened to hit their coffee break as we
got to the storehouse so we had to wait 15 minutes for the break to get
over. Then we had to go the pump
manufacturing area to pick it up back to the storehouse to pick up the pvc pipe
and get their paperwork. We were hoping to get in and out faster this time but
it took longer in the first two offices because I was ordering a butter churn
and they were out of pvc pipe so by the time we got to the storehouse it was
break time again.
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An ox drawn water pump at Selam Manufacturing |
Georgia
picked us up for lunch. We went to a
small café that had good food. They
cater more to the foreigners or Ethiopians that have lived in other countries
for a while. It was wonderful to visit
with Georgia and hear of their ups and downs as they work to get their dairy
and other projects going. They are
wonderful people.
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Dr. Tesfaye and the berry bushes Lloyd imported for testing |
This
afternoon Tsehay, Mekonen and I drove to Holeta to look at the trees and bushes
that Lloyd had imported. We took the
longer but faster way but got lost a couple of times so it may not have been
faster on the way there but it was on the way back. The traffic was very thick today in the
center of Addis.
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Dr. Tesfaye and Tsehay evaluating the fruit trees from MAI |
We
met with Dr. Tesfaye who is overseeing the project. He walked us around the research plots and
showed us the plants that we had sent over as well as all the other trials he
is working on. The plants looked really
good. He had some of them in a small
nursery so that they could get good care.
He explained that some of them were almost dead when they arrived at his
place. He made a point of the fact that
he wanted us to tell Paul that he is doing a very good job with them.
Back
at the office we finalized our budget and I submitted my expense report. I think that all of the loose ends are tied
up for this trip. If not I will either
have to tie them from home or have my staff do it.
Yesterday as we were driving near Mojo I saw
women spreading what looked like light colored dirt on the shoulder of the
highway. When I asked Abera about it he
told me it was cow dung that they dry on the road then sell or use for
cooking. Today as we drove to Holeta I
saw grain spread out
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