Myths & Realities of Ethiopia

In the year 2004 I embarked on a life journey to Ethiopia that would change the way I thought about things and especially how small contributions to people in need can make a major difference in their lives. I learned that the best gift I could receive in my life was in the giving of myself to others. This memoir in two parts contains the accounts of that journey that began in June 2004 and ended in July 2006 when I volunteered and later became part of a humanitarian organization that would later have me traveling to Ethiopia three times living and serving there for over one and one half years. The work includes my real experiences and the realities I lived with, but it also includes many of the myths that people rely on that I learned or heard about. There were many mysteries about this place and when I couldn't figure them out I twisted the facts to make them look rational and created stories about those mysteries. Some of those twisted stories are included along with the way I used them on unsuspecting volunteers that came on expeditions or were my partners as Interns.