Archive for "June, 2009"

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 30th, 2009 Written by Steve

  Invited To Ethiopia About a month before Christmas 06 I got a call from Heather Plett at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank asking if we would be able to travel to Ethiopia in January 07 to visit some of the work the Foodgrains Bank was doing there.

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 29th, 2009 Written by Steve

  Itinerary to Include Kenya We’re leaving for Ethiopia in the morning. I’m not done packing yet. It’s so hard to know how to pack for such a trip. There has been a late addition of a few days in Kenya.

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 28th, 2009 Written by Steve

  Safe In Addis After 25 hours in transit through Toronto, Frankfurt, Khartoum (Sudan) we arrived in Addis to find my guitar and several of Jim, the camara man’s bags remained in Frankfurt and won’t join us again now until the end of the trip. So today was partially spent getting some camera gear, a guitar and clothes for Jim.

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 27th, 2009 Written by Steve

  One Week Later The last time I had access to the Internet was seven days ago, and 2000 km of spine-compressing road travel through some of the most beautiful country I’ve seen in my life. Not all of the road was brutal

• Each Rare Moment, Song Lyrics Posted on June 26th, 2009 Written by Faye

  The Wellspring – Holy Lord The Wellspring – Music and Lyric by Steve Bell Isaiah 6:1-8 The Father gives away His word and His breath And all things are called into being This mystery of love and of life is a gift And its glory beyond human reason And Holy, Holy, Holy is The God of power and might In [...]

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 26th, 2009 Written by Steve

  Antecedents This blogging thing didn’t turn out like I thought it would. I thought I would spend an hour so each night of the Ethiopia trip blogging and leaving pictures for you all to see as our journey progressed.

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 25th, 2009 Written by Steve

  Jan 5-6 We’re Off! Nanci and I left Winnipeg at noon on January 5th and flew to Toronto where we met up with Larry Thiessen and Jim and Sharon vanDijk. Larry is a producer from Edmonton who came along to oversee the filming of our trip.

• Each Rare Moment, Song Lyrics Posted on June 24th, 2009 Written by Faye

  I Feel the Winds of God Today   I Feel the Winds of God Today (Kingsfold) Music: Traditional, Lyric by Jesse Adams – public domain I feel the winds of God today Today my sail I lift Though heavy oft with drenching spray And torn with many a rift If hope would light the water’s crest And Christ my bark will use [...]

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 24th, 2009 Written by Steve

  January 7 it’s Christmas Ethiopia was Christianized in the fourth century when a young man named Frumentius found himself shipwrecked on the on Ethiopian shores while on the way to India. Frumentius was taken to the Ethiopian palace of King Ella Amida eventually finding favour with the King as his personal secretary.

• Ethiopia, Journeys Posted on June 23rd, 2009 Written by Steve

  The Road to Weldiya We woke pretty early to get on the road. Sam was concerned to get our traveling done before nightfall as the roads would be fairly rough and he didn’t relish navigating them after dark. So we gathered in the lobby at 6:30 am and met the last two additions to our party.

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