I like to laugh with God. If you don’t think God is funny, I would like to point out the fact that He created humor. We’re not above Him on that. We are not cooler than Him, either. He’s way smarter, which makes Him way more clever, which makes Him way more funny than we could ever be. So a lot of the time, my own prayers to Him are just me making fun of myself and hoping He is getting a kick out of it. Read the rest of this entry »
It really doesn’t take that much to bring me immense joy. Today at the hospital, the kids and I made a game out of killing flies with a flyswatter, and it was honestly a lot of fun. One kid in particular has what I guess I can only describe as a very droopy eye. It sounds wrong to type it out like that, but once you see his smile, the fact that his face is somewhat disfigured escapes you. He would point to his face when a fly would land on it, and whisper iso (it’s ok), as in, “It’s ok to hit me in the face with that flyswatter.” I didn’t, of course, but I did let him swat me a few times on the leg. It was worth the sting even though he missed the flies. They are the world’s most annoying flies, by the way. They do not get the hint that you hate them. Read the rest of this entry »
It has been a whole six weeks into my year-long stay here in Addis Ababa, and I’ve discovered a few surprises along the way. I knew some things would shock me coming into a third world country, but I didn’t count on all of the times I would be pleasantly caught off guard.
My job as the CUREkids coordinator in Ethiopia is to capture, through photos, video, and stories, what exactly happens when the children receive life-changing operations here at the hospital. One of my CUREkids is named Exodus, and her family is one of the nicest families I’ve ever met in my life Read the rest of this entry »
I almost started this post with “January was a whirlwind,” but that implies that it was chaotic and went by really quickly. As chaotic as it was for my life, it wasn’t so much on the day to day basis here in Addis, and I cannot honestly say that it went by very quickly. What a month, though. I don’t need to recap on that. I’d rather just talk about the exciting things that are coming up for month two. Read the rest of this entry »
Editor’s note: Meet Bri DiGiacomo, the new CURE Correspondent for Ethiopia. She will be working at our hospital in Addis Ababa, interviewing the CUREkids there, and telling their stories right here at cure.org. You can follow Bri on Twitter at @bridigiacomo, as well as on her blog, http://bridigiacomo.wordpress.com. From time to time, we’ll share one of her blog posts here at cure.org.
It finally hit me. Two weeks into life in Addis, I’ve realized that it’s only been two weeks. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been an incredible two weeks, and I’m so happy about the other 50 to come, but what was only a “mere year” last week just turned into a scary, heart-beating-faster-when-I-think-about-it, entire year. I’ve found a few remedies to battle the fear, though, so I’ll share them here. Read the rest of this entry »
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