Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: Parts Unknown

  • You Had Me At Running Water

    Our next stop after Ethiopia was Kenya where we spent three days wandering around Nairobi. We immediately saw a huge difference between Kenya and Ethiopia, or rather Nairobi and Addis Ababa. It was a bit of a relief really for us to be in Kenya and back to a ‘developed’…

  • The Streets of Addis

    Every Thursday night Strong Hearts does something they call Street Ministry. Last night, Jacob and I joined them for the first time. Although we had been in Addis for a few Thursdays something always prevented us from going. Since this was our last chance we bundled up (it gets chilly…

  • Tigist

    Ethiopia is one of the few places that we’ve traveled where we have had the opportunity to get to know some of the locals. Usually when we are traveling around we don’t have enough time in a place to meet anyone outside of our rickshaw drivers or tour guides. Since…

  • No Big Deal, It’s Just an Exorcism

    There are two other Islanders staying at the guesthouse with us now, Steve and Chad Townsend. Steve is a pastor in Belmont, this is his third time in Addis. During his stays he likes to preach at some of the local churches as a guest speaker. We decided to go…

  • Money, Money, Money – Money!

    One of the biggest issues we run into traveling in the countries we have been in is that we are a very visible minority. We had become quite used to standing out after living in Korea for a year but in Ethiopia it’s a different story. As a white person…

  • Minivans

    Our main mode of transportation while we are in Addis has been public minivans.  They are all over the city and are the easiest way to get around – much nicer than the public buses which are stuffed beyond standing room or the minibuses that are much the same story.…

  • Living in Nowhere

    When Jim and Marion said they were traveling south to the Boorana tribe we decided we would join them to see what it was all about. They have been ‘front line missionaries’ in this area for five years now and it has become their passion. We knew setting out that…

  • Almost Famous

    The first weekend we were in Yabello we had the chance to go out to really rural Ethiopia. We packed our food, tents, sleeping bags and water for the two days and piled into the Land Cruiser. Nati took us about 150km out of the city through nothing to nothing.…