We have arrived!!

We safely arrived Friday evening after 28 hours on 4 different planes, each offering a different experience. We were very happy to get to Ethiopia and be on solid ground. Aaron greeted us at the airport. We had no problems with our VISAs, passports, luggage or customs. Praise the Lord!! Today we were able to get out and take a drive into the countryside. It was really neat to see another side of Ethiopia. It was very green due to all the rain they have been getting and very beautiful. We drove to a resort type place to see a bridge that was built by the Porteguese during a war. It looked over a wide valley filled with terraced farming. We were all bummed because it had heated up and the baboons had moved up into the higher hills to graze. After a picnic in some random field, we headed back into Addis to do some more site seeing. Some of us visited the National Museum, which offered a little history into the kings and emperors of Ethiopia. We ate some very good ice cream and had pizza for dinner. Tomorrow is the election, so we will be staying close to the Guest House for the day. We have been informed that venturing out could be dangereous, so we figure it is better to be safe than sorry. We will try to post again tomorrow, but the internet has been working very sporactically.  Thanks for praying.