What a fun surprise to get this photo from Sister Leavitt. At their zone conference in Swaziland this weekend, Pres. Leavitt asked our elders, "Who misses Elder and Sister Wold and here is their response... So sweet!  How we miss our elders and the Leavitts!! 💗

We're HOME!!!

We are HOME!!  We arrived on Tuesday night, March 5th around  5:30 pm! What a reception we had at the airport!!  We had all of our kids and grandkids  there, except, Maybree and Adam on missions and  Brigham playing in  a  volleyball game. Ü  It was like HEAVEN  seeing them and hugging them again!! We took pictures  and then went to Rosa's for a Mexican dinner.  (NOT anything like the old Tia Rosa's however.... but the chips and green salsa were SO GOOD!!) 

  

Our cute,TALL, grandson, Brigham, met us to eat after his volleyball game! Yay!!

MONDAY in  ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Habtu, who was District President when we served there, borrowed a van and picked us up from our hotel in Debra Zeyit  and drove us to Addis Ababa. We  met his cute wife, Hanna,  who gave us sodas and delicious dabs (bread) she made.  We also met  her grandmother and their cute little girl (sleeping on the couch) who was born a year after we left.

 

We LOVED seeing Ruth and Yeabsra Misgana who used to live near us

  

The  Megenagna chapel and the Mission Office where we worked for 3 months.

 

Elder Reid Arnett from our  ward and his companion, Elder Smith are  the Office Elders. 

(The senior couple went home after just 6 months.)

We are back in Addis!! 

                                 We were surprised to see  PIZZA HUT is there. 

                              And  these  high rise apartment buildings are  across from the chapel! 

 Eyob  Teferra, Mesi, Daisy &  Hyrum came to see  us!

Habtu took us to visit Zirgi, her daughter and son, Shewandyne

Cute  Solomon, my little buddy  was  at school so we only saw  this photo...

We finally met  Yodit!  She is a friend of Ines and has helped Rick's group a lot.

And  it was great to see  Dagum, Ashebir's nephew who lived with them when we were there. He wants to serve a mission!

 

 

The light rail was just  being built when we left....

We flew from Adidas to Frankfurt at midnight!

SUNDAY IN DEBRE ZEYIT ETHIOPIA

Our chapel in Debra Zeyit

This is our furniture from the home we lived in! Ü 

Kaleab Yonis, Euale (Besu's nephew) and Gebrella Solomon

 

Ayele Asfaw and Belaynesh.... Tutu, Tigist Dawit, and Marta's parents

Our Seminary (and Institute) girls we taught

TIgist Ayele, Iserael Solomon Dessalegn, Tutu Ayele, and Betty  Lemma

Sister Atsede came from Addis to see us! 

Yirgalem, Kaleab's and Fekadu's mother

Yetimwork, Efrem's wife

Some of the Primary children ~ Naol Lemma, Wengelawit & Edilawit Efrem, Nebyat  Ashebir

Grant Ashebir, who was 10 when we left and is now 14!

My  RS  sisters (L to R): Yeshi, Atsede, Fasika, SIster Lemma, Yirgalem, Tisgist Girma, Iserael Solomon, and Frihiwot  Mitiku and little girl

Naol, Yordanos' cousin, Edilawit, Ablakat, Nebyat, Wengilawit and Feraol

Yordanos  Kiros and Gebrella Solomon, Primary leaders Ü  

I still have this taped inside the cover of my scriptures from 

when  I took care  of the  library in  the  branch....

Abraham Mama drew this for us!  

Mattias and TIgist Ridell, newlyweds of just one week!!

They served together in the Ghana Cape Coast Mission

Feraol and Naol Lemma ~ twins

Grant Ashebir, Abraham Mamo, Getu, Abere Adane and Birhanu

After church, we took a bajaj to Tutu's home to see her  parents and have  lunch.

A neighbor boy

Marta  and her son, Amen

Her brother Dawit's son, Joe and her brother Euale.

A neighbor

Abere and Beka  and his wife came to the East Gate Hotel to see us on Sunday night.

SATURDAY IN DEBRE ZEYIT

Lots of bajajs passed us as we walked from our hotel 

to the chapel in Debra  Zeyit on Saturday morning.

Debra Zeyit  Chapel

Debra Zeyit Elders - Elder Johnson (2nd from left) and Elder Harrick (2nd from right) 

and Beklobet Elders -  Brewer (Queen Creek, AZ)  Colvin and Millecam were  having  District Council  when we arrived at the chapel.

Our daughter-in-law Karen's brother, Daryn McClure, arrived in Addis for a medical convention with his son, Jacob on Sunday morning.  

He was Elder Brewer's bishop so I took this photo to send to him!

We took Tutu, Frehiwot and Gebrella to lunch at Faarmi's before Institute.

Tigist and Mattias, her husband were the first to come and visit us at the chapel  

but they left before lunch.  

We were asked by Israel to teach her Institute class 

L to R: Pres. Kiros Beyene, Branch President, Euale, Tutu, Us,  Abraham, (new member)

Gebrella, two investigators, Iserael, Rediet  Solomon, Kaleab and Yordanos (who just sent her mission  papers  in!)

Euale and Kaleab

Ethiopian Birr

Ethiopian "Mix-eds"

After Institute, we went home with Israel and Rediet on a bajaj

to see Yeshi, their sweet mom!