We attached some pictures for you all to get some kind of impression of the place.
We hope the internet allows us to show them to the world. If we are successful in our attempt many more pictures will come later on.

The first picture is taken this morning illustrating how enthusiastic Maria is when she washes our clothes (enthusiasm is here measured by the quantity of water on her shirt).









Second picture is of our room. In the lower left corner are the “cooking facilities” we were promised (the green gas-thing made in China) and right above it is our “washing machine”. Above the mirror is our “photo album” and to the right is “our office”. Our “bedroom” is in the lower left corner illustrated by a mosquito net.














Picture number three is from our first week in Jimma, showing me doing the laundry. Maria found it amusing, so she took a picture. Tsk tsk.



















Number four is from once we went to another teacher’s house to see “the Coffee Ceremony”. The lady in blue has (without the parents knowing of course) been his girlfriend for the last six years. The younger lady to the left is his fourteen year old sister who does the cooking in the house.














Two weeks ago there was a marriage at the house we live at. The parents of the bride got a sheep (well… I would like to have a pet-sheep too), we named it “Birger”. Unfortunately Birger’s stay here was short, before they ate him. Anyways, the picture is from the night I went to the toilet and almost started screaming because someone, somehow had forced Birger to spend his night there. Yes, it did feel odd to pee right next to a sheep. I managed to protect myself.



















Number six is just a picture of Maria on her way home from the school. Just to show you all how blue the sky is and how red the roads are.



















The last and seventh picture is Maria happily doing the dishes. Our food storage is in the background. When we came we had one single-use knife, two forks, one pan and some other spare necessities.