Beavers Without Borders

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 10 - "We decided the trip to Paradise Lodge was like a four hour Indian Jones ride at Disneyland..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/paradise-lodge/

Oregon State Beavers // Holt International Children's Services

Paradise Lodge The view from our hotel was simply stunning in all directions. Jonnie and I representing our home and native land (Canada).

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 8 - "Tesfaye summed it up best when we said “my heart is singing.” That is exactly how I felt..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/our-final-day-in-butajira/

Holt International Children's Services Oregon State Beavers

Our final Day in Butajira Thanks to the local people who work for Holt we knew exactly where to go in town for the best Ethiopian coffee, scarves and other souvenirs.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 7 - "In a completely different culture where we didn’t speak the language we were able to connect with an entire community simply by playing soccer..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-5-the-final-day-of-work-and-a-soccer-game/

Work Day #5: The final day of work and a soccer game Back at the worksite this morning more plaster was needed so I stripped off my shoes and socks and got into the mud to mix. I think all my dead skin was exfoliated yesterday because mixing the dirt, water and straw hurt. I actually ended up with quite a few little scratches all over my feet and l...

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 5 - "The women on our team have been breaking local gender stereotypes left, right and sideways, especially today..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-3-a-mud-fight-and-challenging-gender-roles/

Work Day #3: A mud fight and challenging gender roles Martie and I went into our rooms after dinner and laid down for a second on our beds. My plan was to read some more of ‘Cutting for Stone’ but before I knew it I was sound asleep.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 4 - "It’s amazing how fascinated they all were with being able to see their picture after I took it. It makes sense because they never really see themselves since they don’t have mirrors..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-2-rain-and-playing-some-soccer/

Work Day #2: Rain and playing some soccer Today it started to rain after lunch so we weren’t able to make it back to the worksite in the afternoon because the road was pure mud. It’s okay though because we’re pretty far ahead of schedule.