Curt's sketchbook

Our personnel who serve in Ethiopia go without many of the luxuries you and I enjoy in the US.
. Water and electricity are sporadic at best. Communications with home-- phone, e mail, snail mail-- are very slow and undependable.

They never complain and love where they are and what they are doing, but we should never forget their sacrifices to serve there.


This is a sketch of a fine bucket bath.

The sketch of the clocks show the confusion of time in Ethiopia. There is "Ethiopian time" and "Faranji (foreigner) time, both observed in the country. They have a six hour difference. When asking the time or attending a meeting or event, you must clarify which of these times they are giving you. (The sketch for Ethiopian time should be 3 PM)

US Central time is 10 hours difference from Ethiopian time. I stayed confused the entire trip!

DeDe and Hannes

DeDe holds 18 month old Hannes. We fell in love with him and his family. She is putting him to bed. Notice his personal mosquito net over his crib. Malaria is the no. 1 killer in Ethiopia and families must take care to avoid bites.

Hannes speaks English and Ethiopian Amharic both equally well. He is greatly loved by his family as well as all of the houseworkers.

Curt and Gondar friend

We enjoyed being in the city of Gondar. This boy greeted me when we drove up and was very huggy and friendly.

I love the beautiful expressive eyes of the Ethiopians.