Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

9 Miaziah 2003 (Ethiopian Calendar)

17 April 2011

Dear Family and Friends,

Ethiopia is a religious society - serious, thoughtful, and never sanctimonious. From my observations of the worshippers and the icons, paintings, carvings and decoration, I have the sense that religion here is a positive, optimistic and loving force.   I hear or see almost nothing of sin, or guilt or damnation.

What I do hear from everyone is a sincere “G-d bless you” and “G-d be with you.”