Ethiopian Food

Last Friday I brought Ethiopian food to school for Svanna.  She wanted to share it with her class...or better said, show them what it was.  In my opinion, injera is one-of-a-kind and can hardly be described, it has to be experienced.

This was a HUGE step for Svanna.  Sharing her life in Ethiopia with her friends and classmates. This was her idea. Way to go, Svanna!!  We're very proud of you!!!

We bought the injera (the sour bread/pancake like food) in a city about 60 miles away.  Brandy's Dad actually picked it up at a restaurant for us.  The wat (the brown stuff on the injera, made of beef and spices) was made by our friend Yaby's mom.

If you're not familiar with injera, it's not only a staple in Ethiopia (eaten with pretty much every meal), but it's also a utensil.

A piece is torn off, and with your fingers around the injera you pick up other food.

I cut up some of the hard boiled eggs so it would be easier for the kids to try some with injera and wat.  The milk?  Oh, that's to cut the burning in your mouth from the spices.  Water just doesn't cut it! {Although I will admit, I'm a weakling when it comes to spicy food}

I was sure very few of the kids would like it.  It took me a while to get used to it (now I like it).  

Actually?  Most kids came back for more!

Great smile...great day.

Walk on Water

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"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength" Phil 4:13




Thanks to We are THAT Family for introducing me to the song and video!

Help the Orphans in Ethiopia with Shirts for Shoes!

This is wonderful! Look at this beautiful shirt...they are taking orders until Feb 1 (TOMORROW) at noon!! Help Ethiopian kids and receive this beautiful shirt (and others to choose from, including mens) by clicking on the picture below, or by clicking HERE.

If you miss this, I believe they also have ongoing sales as well. Just wonderful!

Ethiopian Christmas

Some new friends invited us over for an Ethiopian Christmas celebration tonight! It was a really good time. And after being pretty much stuck in the house with 7 kids since Wednesday afternoon due to another storm and wind chills down to -40, it was great to get out. I hope we make it an annual tradition, or better yet, much more often.

Kiddos group shot...

Injera purchased from an Ethiopian restaurant, which we enjoyed with home made Dora Wat and salads.

The kids eating downstairs. Some had injera, some had chicken strips.

A mention...my Ethiopian kiddos really don't care very much for injera or dora wat or any spicy food. If you have Ethiopian kiddos you may think this is crazy, since they've only been home 9 months. But even while we were in ET, they didn't want to order it. And when we were first home. Wonder if they ate other foods? Not sure. They can't seem to tell me. Maybe I'll quiz Svanna on it tomorrow. A mystery!

Beautiful (and yummy) cake for dessert...

Tye and his new buddy...

Thanks, again for the invite, Doug and Lisa! Hope we can get together again, soon.

Oh, and yes, after we got home I unplugged the remaining Christmas lights. Welcome 2010!
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