Eat up kids - it's GOAT for dinner!

I just received two texts from Tom.  This first one was from Tuesday morning:

"We are heading out to Dera on the bus.  I'm going to give away a bunch of candy and t-shirts and waterbottles today.  This bus is a bit uncomfortable . . . no legroom.  I wish I could send some video but it doesn't work on the computer.  Apparently photos don't work on the phone either.  So I'm going to try to send some via email tonight.  I love you like crazy--Wish you were here with me.  You would love/hate it (know what I mean)." 

The second text was from Tuesday night:  

"I finished my first day at work.  Pulled lots of teeth.  Took an hour or so before it started coming back to me again.  Hard work and a lot of sweat and blood.  Fun and fulfilling though.  Love ya!" 

Here is the latest email last night from Tom.  I did some research about his Ethiopian Celebration dinner (goat and angerra) and found out that it should be spelled, "injera" and it is a type of bread that they use as a utensil for eating.  However you spell it, the food doesn't look all that appetizing.  I'm sure they had to muscle through it with a smile.  :) 

Hi love and kids!   I miss you guys so much.  Thanks for sending the photos of your painting and telling me about the walk.  It sounds like you guys are having a great time.  That makes me so happy.  We are doing well too.  I just woke up and raced down to use the computer, skipping breakfast cause there is only one computer for the whole hotel and it's hard to get.  I'll try to download more pix today. It's a slow computer and so it's slow to download pix.  I start doing dentistry today.  Kohler is either going to be helping build a kitchen for a 14 and 10 year old who's parents both died of aids and the kids are living in their little house (one room, no bathroom, no kitchen) all alone.  there are no orphanages there.  Really sad story so we are helping them to at least have a kitchen so they can cook inside (right now they have to cook over a fire outside).  He will also be helping with some irrigation in a community garden with the new water that is in the town.  Either one sounds like it will be awesome.

One photo was of kohler at the ceremony where they fed us traditional ethiopian fare...goat and angerra.  I gagged a little but did it with a smile.  It was really gross!  The other is of a typical girl on the road going to get water.  The third is a part of the new pipeline at a runoff higher up in the mountains.  go ahead a put these on facebook under Chamberlain orthodontics if you can.  Thanks love.

Talk soon.  They are loading the bus.  Gotta go!

Tom