Friday's blog

We did not get a chance to blog on our last day in Ethiopia.  Justin in his efficiency with packing had us all packed up by 4:00 p.m. for a 10:15 p.m. flight so we did not have access to the computer.  Friday was our last day in Ethiopia.  We decided to go to one of the mountains to enjoy the view and hear about some Ethiopian culture.  Our driver took us up to the top of the mountain called Entoto Mountain.  We looked around at two churches and a palace that one of the Emperors lived a long time ago.  One of the churches was the first church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  It was tiny in size and we would not have recognized it as a church unless our driver had pointed it out to us.  There was a museum on top of the mountain inside one of the old churches.  A guide took us around and explained what each item was.  There were a lot of clothing wear by previous Emperors and crosses made with pure gold or various metals.  There were also the four gospels: Mathew, Mark, Luke & John, written out in Amharic on parchment paper.  The view was pretty neat but it was a cloudy day so we could not see as much as you could on a clear day.  It was still neat to look over the city.  
After lunch, we were taken to the location that Crew was abandoned.  I wanted to be able to take pictures of the location that Crew was probably born near.  There was another family with us so they were nice enough to video tape and take pictures for us so that Justin and I could just walk around and soak it all in.  I felt immediately emotional as soon as I got out of the van which I didn't expect.  I felt overwhelmed with sadness thinking about Crew lying next to the road alone before a police officer found him.  I also felt sad for Crew's biological mother.  The fact that she will never have the privilege to see Crew grow up and what a sense of desperation she must have felt to leave Crew on the street (if she was the one that abandoned him).  I pray that if she is alive that God will give her a sense of peace about Crew that he is okay and will be taken care of.  The area was well populated so I'm sure Crew was found fairly quickly.  It did not look as bad of an area that I was thinking but I guess there is a slum right behind the butcher shop that he was left by which is likely he was born in.  I'm glad that we saw the area and pray that if he tell Crew this part of the story when he is a lot older that we will be able to tell him about the desperation of the Ethiopian people when they are literally starving to death.  As a mother I can understand desperation when you see your child literally starving to death.  I don't know if I could stand by and watch that happen either.