Meet Tigist!!!

Tigist is a woman we met at the guest house.  She was working there when we lived there, but was going to be finished at the guest house soon when they changed locations and moved from having 2 houses into 1.  We got along well with her, and both enjoyed meeting in the kitchen to swap words - her teaching me Amharic and me teaching her English.  The children also loved her.

When we found out she would not be going to the new consolidated guest house, we inquired about hiring her.  After talking, she agreed to move with us and start working for us.  She lives in our compound in a service room directly behind our house.  She does our cooking, cleaning and laundry (which is a HUGE help as we figure things out while home schooling the kids).  She has quickly become a member of our family, eating meals with us, playing with the children, teaching us language and culture, laughing with us at our "foreng" (foreigner) moments.

She is an AMAZING cook!  She has made us wonderful Ethiopian food 3x a day...and we don't miss Western food a bit.  She is so willing to teach us how to do life here...letting me tag along shopping with her, explaining what is in every meal she makes, taking me to the mill with her, explaining her culture to us.  She is indeed a gift from God to us.

~c