tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53477177834378145832024-03-05T15:31:47.038+00:00The Farrell Family in AfricaFind out up to date information on Tommy, Sarah, Tom and Joshua Farrell and their service with Mercy Ships in West AfricaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07805018914978901860noreply@blogger.comBlogger821125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-84044292646824470132014-11-07T10:42:00.000+00:002014-11-07T10:42:00.798+00:00Cooking at school<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We don't really have facilities here for regular cooking lessons, but the boys did have a day recently where they got to learn a little about cooking - this is Tom and hid friends being let loose with knives!! </div>
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Josh's class didn't get to try the knives - but they did get to learn about how to cut safely, then got to compile some vegetables, meat and seasoning which was cooked in little parcels for them to eat later! </div>
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Now just to put their new knowledge to good use at home....</div>
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-75681701876318162662014-11-05T10:38:00.000+00:002014-11-05T10:38:00.044+00:00U12 football starts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The U12 boys football team have been training for a few weeks now and have played their first couple of games. We won't mention the scores, we just hope they win a game at some point during the season!! </div>
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-30230407120933658572014-11-04T10:35:00.000+00:002014-11-04T10:35:00.077+00:00Defo dabo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Defo dabo is a large bread, that is shared, typically eaten on holidays. While we were learning how to make injera we also got to see how this is made in a local home. </div>
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Then they put dung on top!!</div>
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It probably took about an hour to cook, then it was cut up and we ate it with our coffee. </div>
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-50645136018714532662014-11-03T10:28:00.000+00:002014-11-03T10:28:00.214+00:00Making injera<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The national staple food is injera with wets (sauces). During the break we went with some friends to a local home to learn how to make injera. The batter was already made as it has to ferment for 3 days, but we got to try pouring it on the injera cooker, which was a lot harder than it looked!</div>
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The idea was to pour the batter in a spiral, starting from the outside. Josh was struggling to reach a little and his batter went off the side, but our hosts kept telling him 'gobez, gobez' (clever, clever)</div>
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They made us all pose with the injera we had made! </div>
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Tom did a little better at pouring it in the right place!</div>
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So all in all, it was fun to try, and later we got to eat it too! </div>
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-56902320364965130162014-11-02T10:23:00.000+00:002014-11-02T10:35:49.214+00:00Cross country time again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week saw our annual cross country races where all students have to compete against each other to win points for their house. </div>
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Josh came first in his race which gave 30 points to Carey :-)</div>
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Every day we are on campus we head to the teachers tea time at 10.25. And gone are the days of being able to share a snack with Lily, she now thinks she is big enough to eat an entire snack by herself, and drink out of big cups. The snack she usually manages, the drink may or may not get drunk before it is spilt outside!</div>
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We get to have 'tea' with all our teacher friends and eat home made snacks every morning. Seriously this is a tradition that should be embraced everywhere! </div>
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Ethiopia's coffee shops were in the BBC news last week!<br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-2474945882025328662014-10-21T10:22:00.000+00:002014-10-21T10:22:00.419+00:00cereal choices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While I can't say I miss the extensive choice of cereal in the massive supermarkets in the UK, this is the entire cereal selection in our local supermarket. Can you see the red box of corn flakes? That was the ONLY box of non-sugary cereal in the whole store. So we bought that and something making claim to being like chocolate flakes. I won't get started on how much cereal costs here, either....oh and Lily is sitting in the trolley drawing on my shopping list, and herself, thanks to one of the shop assistants thinking she would like a pen to play with...you don't get that in Tesco!</div>
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Nathan the juggler came to visit Bingham today and told stories through juggling. Each class then has a session of learning to juggle and walk on stilts etc with him later in the day. The highlight was seeing him juggle with fire at tea-break!<br />
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Josh's class have been building junk models which Lily and I found on display outside their classroom this morning. This big creature was built by Josh and his friends and one of the smaller ones below was built by Josh and his friend Biruk.<br />
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For reading day Tom got to dress as his favourite book character. No surprises that he dressed as Percy Jackson as he has just re-read that series of books recently. I'm not sure if the grumpy face was part of it.<br />
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They had an author come and visit and work with them on how to develop their own story writing. And later they spent a lesson reading with Josh's class. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall during that lesson to see how the boys did reading to each other!</div>
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At least I hope that the rain has finished, it does seem to have and so I have cleaned off the picnic bench and started hanging the washing in the garden again in celebration :-)</div>
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While the big kids are all off on trips around Ethiopia, the smaller kids are still at school having learning comes alive week. Each day has a different theme, yesterday was art, today is sport. Lily and I went out to watch Josh and share the fun. Above he is trying to catch the hula hoops with his body that his team mates throw at him. </div>
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There were lots of different activities, obstacle courses, beanbag games etc, but this one looked one of the most fun - the kids got to throw wet sponges at the other team and then at the teachers. </div>
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Josh after getting hit with a wet sponge! All in all a lot of fun was had, and Carey won :-)</div>
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This week we have had Keith Smith with us from Texas teaching our middle school and high school kids every day. Middle school have been considering what it means to be transformed rather than conformed, while high school have been walking through the Song of Songs with Keith. It has been a great week having Keith teach our kids, and please be praying for them as they consider the things they have been discussing. </div>
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-12447253775803873142014-08-25T15:19:00.000+00:002014-08-25T15:19:00.422+00:00Shoes, Cows and Umbrellas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been reading a study, which looked at child feeding practices in a rural area of Ethiopia. 25 % of children aged 6-8 months and 52% of children aged 12-23 months in this area have stunted growth. Part of the study examined differences between families where the children did or did not have stunted growth. There were all the factors you might expect: age of parents, education of parents, the food being given to the child, maternal stature ...<br />
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... and then they looked at numbers of people who owned cows and <b>umbrellas</b>. Yes, really, households who can afford an umbrella are less likely to have children with stunted growth. Who would have though owning an umbrella would be of significance in a research study about child feeding! I think we might have three umbrellas. Suddenly it feels excessive.<br />
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On another note, I have been sorting through the boys shoes as they have outgrown some of the ones that were taking up space in the shoe rack. Tom's old shoes got put in a box for Josh, and most of Josh's old shoes I put in a box of things to give away. And one very sad looking pair of trainers with holes in both shoes I put by my bin. My house-help asked if she could have them. I said she could, but did she realise they had holes and that I could probably find some in my box without holes? She said she knows some boys on her compound who don't have any shoes, so they would probably be of benefit to someone. Here I am worrying that my boys <i>only</i> have one pair each to grow into, and Josh might not have football boots in the next size up, and yet it is only up the road that some boys of a similar age don't have any shoes at all.<br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-90853139825819411822014-08-23T07:55:00.000+00:002014-08-23T07:55:49.707+00:00New teachers and past students<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you missed the video of our new teachers on facebook you can find it here:<br />
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And to see where some of our graduates have headed to this year you can also check out this video:<br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-71538262611113181282014-08-19T17:35:00.002+00:002014-08-19T17:35:16.071+00:00School begins for another year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today was the first day of school, and the boys loved every minute of it by the sounds of it. I wonder how long that will last?<br />
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It was a day of new teachers and meeting new friends but I'm so, so
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-51204492993138139322014-08-14T11:26:00.000+00:002014-08-14T11:26:00.335+00:00my £2.10 bench<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I popped out to the junk shop last week. I had seen what I thought was a dolls sized cot as we drove past so I went to have a closer look. It turned out it was a tiny wooden cot about the size of a moses basket, actually for a real baby, so too big really for dolls (or keeping in Lily's bedroom!), so instead I bought a bench. One day it will be dry enough to actually sit on it. </div>
thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-69590129472711842022014-08-13T11:39:00.000+00:002014-08-13T11:39:00.230+00:00Ideas for behind toilet storage welcome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When we returned to Bingham we found that our toilet is now no longer adjacent the wall. We're now taking suggestions as to what to do with the space behind the toilet and how to cover up the big hole! Let us know any ideas! <br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-4136995184876972972014-08-12T11:20:00.000+00:002014-08-12T11:20:00.039+00:00English cake <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cafes and shops sometimes sell 'English Cake'. The yellow cake on the left is just labelled as such whereas the cake on the right is labelled 'English Chocolate Dry Cake'. Always makes me smile as it doesn't resemble anything I would associate with English cakes as it is always very dry (as boasted by the description!) and flavourless. </div>
thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-17965826077179259162014-08-11T11:11:00.000+00:002014-08-11T11:11:00.438+00:00I found chocolate Easter eggs...in August...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We drove some of our new Mums out to a supermarket a little further away than our usual ones as we thought it would maybe have more of the kitchen things and other bits they might be looking for. And we found chocolate Easter eggs! I've never seen anything like it here before. The ones on the top row with the mammoth are ETB119.95 which is £3.61, so not actually even that crazily priced compared to most imported things here, although I'm not sure whether that is a reduced price considering Easter was many months ago? I wonder if they'll still be there next Easter or whether people are actually buying them in August...</div>
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When it rains here you have two choices: you can enjoy watching it from the dryness of your home or you can put on your rain gear and boots and go and find some puddles! I would recommend the first option if there is a lightening storm or the worlds largest hailstones being thrown from the sky, otherwise I'd go for the puddle jumping. <br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-77929148730954927782014-08-06T11:39:00.002+00:002014-08-06T11:40:02.105+00:00Orientation begins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Almost all our new staff have arrived, and almost all our returning staff have returned, hurrah! The campus feels alive again with children playing together any moment it is not raining. <br />
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It has been a busy few days having people over for lunches, acquiring passport photos to open a bank account and to renew our residency IDs, renewing our driving licences and having a staff BBQ to get everyone together.<br />
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Today though, marks the start of the orientation programme, which is a mixture of sessions for all staff and spouses, some just for the new staff and spouses and some just for the teaching staff so here's to hoping we are all in the right place at the right time! Some sessions are the fun getting to know each other type, some are the more serious sessions on Ethiopian culture and child protection policy and then of course the useful ones where you find out who to call if you have a flood in the middle of the night kind of things.<br />
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We have two childcare teams here to run full time childrens programmes for the staff children, such a wonderful blessing which I very much appreciate after being overwhelmed with trying to run childcare sessions with a 6 month old baby in tow last year! Now our baby is big enough to go to the childcare and have butterflies painted on her face! So sweet!<br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-71357002738777364012014-08-04T18:07:00.000+00:002014-08-04T18:07:07.228+00:00oh giant biting ants - we hadn't missed you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We're back, they're back. The ants come out in force at this time of year and stay until the rains end. <br />
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This is one of the school bins, which you couldn't get near enough to actually use, as the ants are not only all over the bin, which you can see (the black down the side), but also all over the ground!<br />
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thefarrellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286834555941231595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347717783437814583.post-40721213370180708732014-08-01T18:14:00.002+00:002014-08-01T18:14:31.008+00:00Two years at Bingham<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was two years ago that we moved to Bingham Academy in Ethiopia. As we are welcoming new staff it is strange to look back and see how life has changed in the two years. It is hard to imagine those first months before Lily was even born, of trying to work out how to survive and later how to move past simply surviving.<br />
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I remember being totally overwhelmed at the thought of grocery shopping, getting lost on campus trying to make it to someones house for dinner, learning how to bleach fruit and vegetables, starting to learn Amharic (still trying with this one but can say hello at least)....<br />
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There are still very real challenges to living here, yet it is sometimes good to look back and remember how far we have come and the new friends and other blessings that God has put in our lives here for this season. <br />
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Here's to the next two years and beyond! <br />
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