As painful as it is to
say, A FINAL GOOD MORNING FROM ETHIOPIA! We are now burning through our last
hours in Africa and hearts are aching, but spirits are still high. We woke up
this morning realizing our daily routine has become some-what sentimental. What
will we do without the morning showers, the hot coffee pot when we walk
downstairs, and especially Buffy asking us every morning, “HEY DO YOU WANT ME
TO MAKE YOU EGGS?!” We were up early this morning because today… we were
shopping!! After breakfast, we ran out to the gates where we ecstatically
greeted Abi and Abush (giving more love than receiving) and filed in the van.
On the way to the shops,
we stopped by a pizza place where Bini jumped out of the van to fetch a menu so
that we could place an order to pick up before we leave for the airport. From
there, we arrived at Posta Bete, a row of shops. There was very little
variation between one shop and the shop right next to it. We are talking lots
of Ethiopia t-shirts, lots of Ethiopia stickers, and lots of Ethiopia shot
glasses. If you see us wandering in the airport, decked in all of the gear we
just bought, it could not be more clear that we have been to Ethiopia.
I am now here sitting
in the sunroom typing away and I know I speak for all of us when I say we could
not be more grateful for this week and all of the adventures we have taken in
our time here. The pizza has just arrived so I must go!! Be on the lookout for
our personal reflections that will be posted in the next week or two!
We leave Ethiopia with
so many questions unanswered... What will Andy do being so far from her soul
mate? Will we get the invite to Senait and KB’s wedding? Will Abi ever find true
love??! I guess we are just going to have to come back to find out!! But for
now, thank you Ethiopia, you are truly a gem. MP signing out for the last time!!!
-
Mary Powell Boney, ‘16
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