Another family which Fikere and his orphanage help out.

One of the workers from Brother Fikere's orphanage and a boy that they are financially supporting. With their help, he is now being educated rather than living on the street.

This was such a joyful woman. She was so grateful that we were giving out free food and kept smiling and smiling. There is something unusual about the poorest of the poor in Ethiopia. Why is it that some of the people with the least things on earth seem more content than those of us blessed with everything and more than the heart could ask for with our i-pods, tvs, playstations, CDs, DVDs, imported foods and such?! Why do many poor lost people seem to display more "fruits of the spirit" than the prosperous people in many pews across the world?

A smile to warm the coldest of hearts! There was something so captivating about this boy. I don't know if it was his cap because it has the Ethiopian colors on it, his cute smile or the fact that he looked like a little-old-man. Many of the kids in the village are under-nourished and seem much older than they are.