If you havent seen on facebook or IG (NapturalGirl) I have made it safe & sound to the beautiful land with beautiful people and…..No wifi! Ha, in Addis its better but due to the elections here in Bishoftu there is absolutely no 3G. Hopefully after they announce the winning party it will be better! Soooooo….Of course on my first day I had to see with my Baby! she loooooooves the dress I got her!! (Thank you Kathy for the Minnie Mouse & Wila for the shoes). She is so cute! I came over and they made me Buna and we had kolo :P yum! These past few days at the hope house have been really amazing! Its been really good connecting and spending time with the women! I finished writing up the survey, and will be administrating them soon. So I’ll get to know the women in a deeper level! Really excited about that! Also I will be in addis tomorrow! Cant wait to reconnect with my long lost twin! Its sooo weird our faces are the same & our personalities match as well! We have to do a photoshoot soon(:
I am also anxiously anticipating the Blaze movement and its beginning! Its gonna be awesssssoooooooommmmeee! Please pray for us! If you dont know what I am talking about just go to facebook and type in Blaze movement! its going to be a might move of God! Weeeelp thats enough for this post! God willing you will hear from me soon!
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I Cant wait to get to that good Ethiopian soil! I think its finally starting to hit me ha! But Bereket & Emabet do not know that I am coming and I cannot wait to surprise them!! its gonna be soo cute! I am having Mekdes take them to Rosemary Restaurant and then Imma come in walk in and surprise them!! Im going to record the whole thing too so stay tuned for that as well... Also if you want to text me download Viber or Whatsapp on your device! And for live updates, follow me on SnapChat!!! Thanks!! More updates coming soon!!
Child of God, you cost Christ too much for Him to forget you. —cs
“It happened when I was 7 years old. I grew up in an orphanage in Ziway. On Sundays the orphanage usually lets us go to meet with friends and visit the city. One Sunday it was late, and got lost because I accidentally became separated from my friends. I saw two men and asked them for the direction to the orphanage. They said they knew where it was and offered to take me there, but they ended up taking me to their house. They forced themselves upon me, and raped me the whole night. Now I live in the streets of Addis. I can’t go back to Ziway because the men that raped me are in Jail, if their friends find me they will kill me.”
ሁኔታው የተፈጠረው የሰባት አመት ልጅ ሆኜ ነው፡፡ ያደግኩት ዝዋይ በሚገኝ የህፃናት ማሳደጊያ ውስጥ ነው፡፡ ሁሌ እሁድ እሁድ ወደ ከተማ እንድንወጣና ከጓደኞቻችን ጋር እንድንገናኝ ይፈቀድልን ነበር፡፡ አንድ እሁድ እነደወጣሁ መሸብኝ፤ ያለሁት ጠፋኝና ከጓደኞቼም ጋር ተለያይቼ ቀረሁ፡፡ በአጋጣሚ ሁለት ወንዶች አገኘሁና የማሳደጊያውን አቅጣጫ ጠየኳቸው፡፡ እናሳይሻለን አሉኝ ግን ወደራሳቸው ቤት ወሰዱኝ፡፡ በግድ እላዬ ላይ ወጡብኝ፤ ለሊቱን በሙሉ ሲደፍሩኝ አደሩ፡፡ አሁን የምኖረው አዲስ አበባ ጎዳና ላይ ነው፡፡ ዝዋይ ተመልሼ መሄድ አልችልም፡፡ የደፈሩኝ ልጆች ታስረዋል፡፡ የነሱ ጓደኞች ካገኙኝ ይገሉኛል፡፡ My father left when I was little. I grew up without the love of a father. I also didn’t know what having a father could mean. If he ever decides to come back, it is too late, for I am a full grown person without him. But I now know God is a much better father to me and I rely on His love. And I want my biological father to know Him too and experience His love. This would make a big difference in his life. But I don’t know where he is.
አባቴ ትቶኝ የጠፋው ገና ትንሽ ልጅ ሆኜ ነው፡፡ የአባት ፍቅር ሳላውቅ ነው ያደኩት፡፡ አባቴ ቢኖር ህይወቴ ምን እንደሚመስል እንኳን አላውቅም፡፡ ለመመለስ ቢወስን ግን ረፍዶበታል ፣ እርሱን ሳላውቅ ሙሉ ሰው ሁኜ ስላደኩ፡፡ ነገር ግን፣ ዛሬ እግዚአብሔር ከሁሉ የበለጠ አባት እንደሆነኝ ተረድቻለሁ፡፡ በእርሱ ፍቅርም እተማመናለሁ፡፡ የስጋ አባቴም ይህንን እንዲያውቅና እርሱም የእግዚአብሔርን ፍቅር እንዲያይ እመኛለሁ፡፡ ነገር ግን፣ አባቴ የት እንዳለ አላውቅም፡፡ "If we want Ethiopia to change, it can only start if we individually start becoming better. More specifically, we have to have a change of mindset. Not only do we need new buildings and other infrastructures, we need to have a bigger mindset as well. The only way this change starts is from me and you individually. It can happen like a chain reaction, from a community to a nation then to a country. We all need to be strong because “A chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link"-Humans Of Addis Ababa
Hey Loves, be sure to check out the short documentary on the organization I will be working with this summer for 100 days. I’m sooooo excited!!!!
Part 2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcBkgh1DQo Part 3 |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp1y0iN31Pw Aweeeeeee look at them!!! Arent they just so cute! Ha Well….over the weekend I ask Mekdes to take Emabet & Bereket out to eat at one of the restaurants we all used to go to (Rosemary) just to check on them and see how they are doing. It really looks like they enjoyed themselves. but PAUSE. Can we zoom IN on how GROWN my baby has gotten. Oh. Em. Gee Look at that little face! Her little baby face is melting away! Annnnnd her haaaaaaaaaair! Its long enough to be braided! Ha well after they ate and caught up, Bereket begged her to take her to the Juice House (Mercy Juice House, I took them the day before I left)! Man I am so happy she remembers!! I gotta be sure to take her there once I land. She told Mekdes she goes around telling people “I have two moms, Emabet and Camilla”. Aweee my heart melted! Here is a few more photos of yene konjo. Sooooo beautiful! I miss them! May 14th cant come any sooner!. Oh. My. Freaking. Gosh. Look how big my baby got. 😳. She is grown in a matter of months. What is this? 😱 Who told her she could just go & grow on her own? 😩😭😍😘 I don’t approve of this nonsense! 😤😂😩
Hey guys, I want to thank you all for the donations!!! The are soo beautiful! BUT i need help sorting/separating them in size and gender!!!
So if there is a Saturday that 1 or 2 extra people are free! Let me know!!! Thank you again. Aweee yene Konjo! Look at this little habesha beauty! She is just tooo precious. I mean just look at her werki!!
Hey guys I am please to Announce that I am leaving to Ethiopia from May 14 to August 21!!! I am soooo excited! I am still collecting donations for my trip!! If you would like to donate via paypal:
* My Paypal Email: CamilleJael@yahoo.com, its cheaper if you signed into Paypal, then at the top Click “Send” and then typed in my email address. But which ever is convenient! (URL for sending: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/send-money-online) If you’d you like last year’s GoFundMe the link is still available: Dear Ethiopia’s GoFundMe Unfortunately GoFundMe wont let me reset the amount raised! But its nice to look at previous donators. If you like to view more option click the “Donate” tab on my blog. Here are ALL the photos from the Dear Ethiopia Benefit.
Thank you Courtney M. 1.17.15 https://www.flickr.com/photos/76156199@N02/sets/72157650229578309/ Dear Ethiopia,
This is _______, These are all the beautiful letters written on Jan 17th, the night of the benefit for Dear Ethiopia!! I can’t wait to pass them all out! They are so thoughtful and wonderfully written! Thanks again.
Thank you all for coming to celebrate my first Dear Ethiopia benefit and 21st Birthday!!
The letters are beautiful, and the donations are amazing!! It is a huge blessing! I will be posting more videos and photos soon! But here is Frehiwot’s (Enat) Video that I showed that night! Be sure to watch it HD on Vimeo :) Enjoy. Hey guys!! Guess what I am turning 21! ANNNNNNNNND I am having a benefit for Dear Ethiopia!!! I am really excited about this this event! ALSO I am PLEASE to announce that I will be going back to Ethiopia this summer!! This will be held on Saturday Jan 17th, 2015 (Which is my actual 21st birthday) and the whole idea is to raise donations for my 3 month trip to Ethiopia! So instead of possibly purchasing me a gift (Although Im not too old for gifts :P ) this is raising funds, clothes donations, and any other supplies to help people in Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia! This night will include lots of fun, games, a re-cap presentation of last year’s trip and details about this summer trip. These donations include all ages and ALL sizes, and not just children, also collecting luggage I can leave in Ethiopia so I can just leave for them. If you choose to donate money, it’ll go towards my plane ticket (Which was almost $2,000 last year), also going towards paying the luggage fees of sending extra bags ($150 per 50lb bag) and any extra will be helping the families in Ethiopia (i.e paying rent, building houses, buying clothes, food etc.) So please come with a donations! :) Details of the Event: Date: Saturday January 17th, 2015 Time: 6:30pm-10:00pm (NO HABESHA TIME) Location: 72 Woodland Ave, Columbus, OH 43202 Also the attire is optional “cocktail attire/business casual” (basically no jeans please) So if you’re interested please RSVP ASAP via Tumblr inbox (just hit the message button on the left hand side), text, email (Dear.Ethiopia@yahoo.com), or FB invite! Thank you so much for your support and hope to see you there!!
*If you like to donate before hand simply hit the donate button on the side or click here FINALLY! Jesus! After 3 long days thank God I was able to re-do Dear Ethiopia’s theme (web page design)!! I had to customize a random theme and play with HTML and CSS, and after many changes and frustrations I believe this is a come up! HA! Feedback is recommended! & Just a reminder here is a couple of screen shot of the old blog! Thank you! Please stay tuned for more exciting news you don't want to miss!! I should be announcing later today(:
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