(7-11-10) Hey! Sorry we haven't posted anything in a while. At the end of the day, no one really wants to write stuff and most of the time we cant get internet anyway. Over the last couple of days we have seen two movies at the cinema, gone to the Cherokee house for taco night, visited Dr. Rick Hodes' house, shopped for souvenirs, baked cookies, and taught more English. Uncle Dennis and Aunt Judy arrived Friday morning. It's nice to have them here. We have shown them around and yesterday we all attended Parent's Day at Destiny. All of the kids from nursery to 8th grade performed and the kindergarten graduated. It was long and extremely crowded, but it was cool to watch the kids sing and dance. Today, we are going to IEC with Abraham then going on some mountain that I can't spell so I'll tell you all about that later. We have had a lot of good experiences and it is eye opening to see the way the majority of the world lives. One thing that is very hard for me to comprehend is all of the people that just sleep on the side walk covered in plastic bags. We walk past them when we go out at night and it is a difficult sight to see. I can't imagine life like that. There are so many beggars that swarm us and ask for money. Some are disabled and don't really have another option, but a lot of them seem like they should be working or trying something besides begging. There are tons of women who come up to our van holding babies. They use their babies as a way to cause people to give them more money. Our driver, Haile, gave us some meal tickets for a feeding program to offer people when they beg. It is really annoying when people just walk away when you try to give them one and they walk away because that means they aren't hungry. Addis is a big change from the little town of Danville and I think all of our lives will be different after this trip.