Jill in front of our new home for the next two years in the small grain farming town of Alemgena. We have one big room 18' x16' attached to our landlords house (Adam on the right). We also are lucky enough to have our own private shower and pit toilet in the same compound. On the right is Muhammed who teaches English at the elementary school. Almost every young person in Ethiopia highly desires to learn English.

 Biofarm research and envirotourism spot south of Addiss Ababa. These are rabbit cages.

Studying Afan Oromo. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and most spoken in large cities, but Afan Oromo is the overall most popular and the language of the rural people. Learning this language is likely the greatest challenge we will face here. We have already encountered huge problems in doing basic things like travel and shopping due to language barriers. We mostly speak in body language at this point!