First day

We arrived in Ethiopia Wednesday night, went to be and then had an amazing first day. We spent the morning at the nation headquarters for World Vision in the capital city of Addia Ababs.

We had the privilege of being briefed in three areas of World Vision ministries.

Sponsored Children: WV has 231,000 children sponsored in Ethiopia alone. Every one of these children live in what's called an Area Development Project (ADP). This is basically a 50 square mile radios where WV works with the community in the areas of water, health and sanitation, food and agriculture, education, and eceonimc development. There are 65 ADPs in Ethiopia with 1,300 national staff. We are going to visit the Shone ADP tomorrow.

WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). Over one-half of childhood deaths csn be prevented in children had access to clean, reliable drinking water. WV staff spent some time with us discussing some if the exciting projects they have completed and the ones they are still working on. We will visit a water project tomorrow.

Christian Committment: WV is a solidly Christian organization and has a process to ensure that every staff member is being spiritually fed and experiencing growth. A leader in this division of WV spent some time explaining this process and it was encouraging to see the high priority placed in this area.

After our meeting at the headquarters, we drove about five hours to s town called Hawasa, where we had dinner and devotions.

We are excited to see how God will work through us this upcoming week.

Scott