Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A Day at Yezelalem Minch

This post is a little overdue, but I wanted to share a few more pictures of our trip to Ethiopia.  Our last day there, we visited a ministry called Yezelalem Minch. (YM) It is an organization that facilitates child sponsorships, provides job skill training for widows and helps families with nutritional support.  On Saturdays, they have a feeding program where children and adults who are part of their ministry can receive a free, wholesome meal. Before the meal was served, James and I had some gifts to deliver to a couple of kids that are sponsored by friends of ours.

The meal is served by widows, and this is an source of income for them. They are paid by YM to prepare and serve the food.


The kids loved attention and wanted us to play with them.

I had some candy that I had brought to pass out to the kids. They all lined up after their meal for candy. This was about like starting a riot. The adults who were supervising the chaos had little sticks that they used to keep the kids in line.
All the kids wanted to see their photo after we took it. This was fun.  One perk of digital photography!
This is a wonderful organization that is changing the lives of the children and adults in it's care.

2 comments:

  1. Thank God for YM's ministry to the widows and orphans in Ethiopia!

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  2. How precious! Know that was a blessing both to them and to you and James.

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