During the April mission trip, Janice Mack took the following pictures of the countryside and villages around Soddo:
On the road to Bedasa, a small village near Soddo
Rural Area around Bedasa
Rural area around Bedasa
An extended family's home
Inside the home
Young widow with infant
Neighborhood children in Bedesa
Grandmother who helps care for her son's children - he is blind
Another extended family home
Helen, head nurse at CCCE, evaluating two village children
Young boy preparing to go work in fields
Unusual two story home
These pictures vividly demonstrate Ethiopia is a beautiful country but with heartbreaking poverty. The CCCE children are very blessed to live in their wonderful facilities with loving, compassionate staff.