Ketma, we're coming for you!

We are heading back to Ethiopia this August for a week long trip to our CarePoint, Addis Ketma. This will be my first time getting to visit the community of Ketma and meeting our partner-community from Rochester, Minnesota.

I would like to invite those sponsoring children and those interested to join us on this trip and get to know Children’s HopeChest and our CarePoint in Ketma better. It is an eye opening, amazing experience that no description can truly explain.

We will be traveling August 1-8^th of this year. The cost will be around $2,800 (this includes airfare, lodging and meals in Ethiopia). The exact cost will fluctuate a little depending on what deal HopeChest can find for us with their travel agencies. You will need to have a valid passport and various vaccinations. I recommend contacting your general practice doctor and telling them the location where we will be traveling and finding out what vaccinations they recommend. Do it early because some of the vaccinations are time sensitive.

I hate to be so vague about the details but as of now we are just in the planning stages so I don’t have much to offer. We will have an informational meeting on Sunday March 22^nd at 4:00 PM at Boudreaux to discuss all the many details of this trip, so please come and invite anyone you think might be interested. I am hoping by this day we will have the details more concrete. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions (I’m sure you will) before the meeting and we can discuss. You are also free to roam around the Children's HopeChest website and read about Ketma's community, the partnership, and the way that CH operates. www.hopechest.org/community/ketma-2/

If you think you want to join us on this mission trip please let me know as soon as you can, even before the meeting. The number of people going will have some effect on cost and I would like to pin those details down as soon as possible!

My heart has been doing backflips all day at the thought of not only returning to Africa but getting to meet the people we are partnering with in person! We will get to spend time with the children and families whose lives we are changing, could anything be more awesome? I hope you can be a part of our efforts!