Hi again! Surprise....another email from B this morning! Here it is Hey Mom and Dad, I am very lucky to be able to email you 2 days in a row! Africa is not what I expected at all! There are no animals except farm animals. The food is very strange! The land is beautiful!! The mountains (yes there are a lot of mountains!) are amazing. we are goingm on a mountain climb on Saturday. I am SO excited. Efrim said that even if we don't go as a whole group, he promised to take me and Kate and Jeff. Don't worry mom, Efrim is very sweet, but he is 48 y/o lol! He is our driver and translator, and goes everywhere with us! Last night i talked in my sleep and freaked all the girls in my room out. My room is about the same size as my room as home. but there are 4 girls living in it. Me and Anna share a bunk, i top, she bottom. And Angela and Lena share a bunk. Lena is from Australia and Angela is from Canada. They both have very funny accents. lol Here is a few things i have learned while being here just 2 days, Flashdrives are worthless. The minute you plug them into the cafe's computer, a virus is downloaded, and it becomes worthless. But there are 4 internet cafes right beside each other, so when one or 2 are down, there is always one that is still up. And here, 1 US dollar is 10 birr. So like my meal yesterday was 28.90 but in America it would have cost only $2.89!! Kara, another girl here, from Texas, ordered the fasting firifr, not knowing what it was, and it was raw goat meat! I thought she was gonna get sick!! I WOULD HAVE. And you can't eat with your left hand, only your right, when u are in public. It is very hard for me!! Well I must go, hopefully i can email again soon, but i trully have no idea.  I love you all, and thanks for the letters! ~Brogan~ Also got some news on little MengYan. Her fever has finally broke, so she can now have that desperately needed blood trasnfusion. She is better. But I have a feeling she is more ill than we thought. We need to get her home, so she can have the treatments she is in need of! Please help us pray for a lightening fast Travel Invitation fron China! Other news: The animals are handling the cold ok. With one exception. This morning I found little Fidget dead. :( Fidget was one of my spring baby Nubie goats. She has been small and frail from day one, but I thought we finally had her through the worst. I guess not. No matter how long I live on this farm, I will never get used to losing an animal. And why is it always my favorites??? Losing my Mini Jersey bull, Peanut, was incredibly hard, but I reassured myself that everyone else was healthy and well. I never dreamed I would lose Fidget. :( I will miss you little Fidget! Thanks for checking in! ann

Hey, It's great to see this board. I am enjoying all of the things Brogan has to say. I am so glad she made it there safely! I hope her luggage came in today.
I think it is so like her to mention the animals first. Of course, she wouldn't be herself if she wasn't talking about animals. And Brogan, I couldn't do that "left handed thing" because I
AM left handed. Maybe you are too?
It's great to hear from you. Stay safe,
Penny mc;)

Lol yes Penny Brogan is left handed. Its gonna be "different" for her to eat in Ethiopia thats for sure. I hope she got you stuff back too.

Sorry about Fidget. Praying for that soon travel to China. And for all of you all around. Thank you for the lovely note in the mail. Who drew that picture?