Sunday morning Crystal and I took these
8 handsome young men out for an afternoon
of fun away from the orphanage.
It was a chance for them to just be boys...
no studying, no orphanage,
no worries, just fun, and a first for them all:
BOWLING!!!
There are modern lanes in Ethiopia,
but seeing as they were booked for a party,
we headed to the old school way of bowling.
The kind where you have to reset the pins by yourself.
and do the math to get the scores!
Check out the beautiful sky lights!
Funny story... the ball rolls down the lanes
as if it is an old Model T going down a bumpy lane...
The vibration of Emnatu's ball going down the lane
actually caused one of his pins to just fall down
long before the ball arrived.
We also had a humorous moment,
where the pin literally shattered
with the contact of the bowling ball...
Now, that is not likely to happen in the U.S.!
Sweet Abraham... I attempted to teach him how to bowl.
It took several turns before he stopped hopping
like an Easter bunny on his way to the line.
So much laughter!
If I remember correctly, this one is headed for the gutter.
The boys quickly determined that gutter balls were
"Just PRACTICE" and required a do-over.
Except, when I started making gutter balls..
then my stinker son, Emnatu declared that my balls
were gutter balls, and no do-overs would be given...
I showed him... I roped one of the other boys
(he shall remain nameless) into "fixing" my score.
I had no idea that I would come
in 2nd at the end of the day. Whoops!
Two days later, as I was about to step out of the car
with boys at the Brunswick lanes, it seemed like a good
time to "come clean", and fess up to my cheating...
(caused of course, by Emnatu!!!!!)
Lots of laughter over that admission...
Bowling and soda for 11 people?
(Our driver Yordanos bowled (first time) too)
$11.34
(granted, the Brunswick a few days
later was much more... but...)
Oh, how I have missed these two!
1 comment:
Seems like Divine Intervention but I stumbled upon your blog through Lori Balam ( i was on her mission trip in Ethiopia last month). I am so excited to see that you are so connected to Kolfe. We have a boy there who is maybe 11 and we used to sponsor him through Hopechest. Last JUly we met him and we adore him. I was very sick when I was in Ethiopia last month and never made it to see him. Do you have a way to be in better touch with him or can you help me in some way? How do you best support your boys? Are you headed back soon? I so hope to hear from you. Thanks and blessings!
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