It has been kind of a whirlwind of getting ready, but I think we're almost there. Darren and Alex had to get their travel shots, typhoid, yellow fever, etc (I got them before when Justin and I went to Africa) - Darren ended up passing out (probably from not eating before) - Alex had a nurse on each side with syringes, counting, "1, 2, 3" and then JAB in both arms at once. :)
We had our first ever Ethiopian meal the other night - an Ethiopian family in our church invited us over for dinner, so we got to try the food and also get lots of advice and info about Ethiopian culture. The food was delicious! You roll out a piece of injera, their staple bread (spongy, made of teff flour), and put scoops of the different dishes on top of it (several kinds of "wat" or stew), and then use pieces of injera to eat it with your hands - it looks like this:
They said there's a lady in this area who makes injera for local restaurants, so we can buy it from her, which is great; it will be nice to be able to make the boys some familiar foods after they're here (or maybe I can even learn how to make it, who knows?...).
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