Fun outside of the city!

Currently listening: to the competition of my iPod playing Bethel worship music with the church service next door going on its third day of (very loud) prayer service. We're all worshipping Jesus, so its all good.

These last couple weekends have been extra fun as there have been lots of opportunities to get out of the city and see the beautiful countryside with friends!


Bingham Staff Retreat
We have an amazing staff here at Bingham, so we took the chance to get out of the city and spend a weekend away from school and busyness of it all. We stayed at the SIM Babogaya Retreat Center in Debre Zeit- a place that holds many memories from my childhood. It remains to be a beautiful compound- the gorgeous, fragrant flowers, the cool, refreshing lake, the warm sunshine- all ingredients for a lovely weekend.

  

Debre Zeit with old classmates
I returned to Debre Zeit the next weekend with a friend Jay, former 6th grade classmate, to hang out at our friend Alessia's house, classmate in all of middle school, for the weekend! We went hiking, explored an awesome lake, rode some go-karts and had a fabulous time together.

Hiking Menagasha
Having last Monday off for the Battle of Adwa, a group of us decided to go hiking at a mountain close to Addis. Only one of us had been there before (me.), so we went on a bit of an adventure in finding new "trails" along the way. Thankfully, one of the guys had marked where the van was on google maps, so we did make our way back eventually. I still think those types of adventures tend to be the best kind :)