LETTERS FROM ADDIS ABABA

Recently our founder, Michael Craig, and Michael Taylor, a board member, visited our site in Addis Ababa to witness and assess our work to date. The following are excerpts from their moving letters and photos from the trip. Complete text appears in our June 2011 and March 2011 newsletters.

Seeing is Believing by Michael Taylor
June 2011 Newsletter
“The eyes are the windows to the soul.” It’s a very old proverb, but it speaks truth to me so often. I went to Addis Ababa to help at Michael’s House recently. Looking into the eyes of the elderly destitute at Michael’s House revealed so much, and sometimes more than I could take emotionally." (read more)

LETTER FROM ADDIS ABABA by Michael Craig
March 2011 Newsletter
" Today is January 19, 2011 and through the confusion of calendars it is oddly enough Christmas Day 2007! There are no guests here at Michael’s House as all the roads are blocked for processions. Yesterday we gave extra food to help the old get through today.

On my way I dropped by Ann’s Shelter where the 30 residents were safely sharing their meager breakfast of coffee and sweet bread in the cool courtyard. Two of the men at the shelter are dying and the residents were taking turns caring for them... "    (read more) 

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