Last Day!!

We are excited to finally be on our way home.  We leave for the airport in about three hours and will not get home until 5:30 Saturday evening KC time.  Ugh..... Today we visited a coffee processing plant that was very interesting.  It had much of the same equipment that we would have in the US in terms of cleaning and material handling equipment.  With one exception,  The way they sorted out off color or size beans is by hand.  There were 300 ladies in this room leaning over a conveyor belt sorting out the bad beans.  Each lady was to look through 40-50 kg of beans each day and got paid about $2.70 per day. We couldn't resist the JD photo(Thanks go to the Kern's and the Houglands!!).  Although he didnt exactly say it, I am sure it is his favorite!  One of the things I enjoy the most is walking up and down the streets,  At times it was a bit uncomfortable for Mary as nearly everyone would stare at us.  There is not always a good feeling from some of the locals about Americans coming to take away their next generation.  We felt threatened once when a man walked up to us and started yelling in Amharic(who knows what he was saying) and then started to throw things.  We quickly made an exit and no harm was done. Micah is doing great and we have been feeling and sleeping well.  Last night he ate more than he should have but we keep feeding him.  Then he slept for 9 hours straight!  WOW!  Something we are not expecting to get used to. We want to thank everyone for praying us through this trip.  We truly have been blessed by all of your prayers and support and we look forward to seeing you all back home.  Thanks be to God!