To Mosque and to Market

 

 

 

One morning, a few of us took a walk around the neighborhood. I loved seeing the people and animals "up close and personal".
Jerry had a great time playing pingpong or fussball with the kids.....they loved him.
Here he is comparing muscles with them.....
boys will be boys the world over !!

Things were going just fine....
......Then we strolled over to the nearby mosque ......
We were surprised when we were allowed to take off our shoes and enter.
We were surprised again when a neighborhood posse gathered and emphatically told us to leave.
The elderly man heading the group spoke loudly and forcefully.
The only words I understood were, "Bin Laden" !!

When we related our experience 'back at the ranch', we were told that Pentas
(what they call Christians) could be killed for entering a mosque !!
We could have started an international incident.
George Bush surely didn't need that right now !
One time without a local interpreter....and we ended up in trouble !!

 

 


Wednesday was our day at the country market.
The roads were buzzing with people and animals trudging along the winding, rough ways.
Almost one hundred per cent of the time, either an animal or a woman was carrying the loads.
You will see in the applet below, ONE man carrying a load !

  

Since I had experienced market before, I stayed out of the sun and observed.
While locals stood in a mob observing me !!!

Some begged,
but most just wanted to LOOK !

 

 

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It was a wonderful, colorful experience of sights, sounds......and smells !
The market looks like stepping back into Jesus' time, doesn't it?

 

Music: "Sheba"


PAGE ONE....Ethiopia Revisited
PAGE TWO...True Love Waits Camp ~ Reuniting with Friends

PAGE THREE..Visit to Mosque and the Market
PAGE FOUR...Visit with Samrawit~our Compassion, In't Child

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