Yabisera Alemayehu Photographing on assignment in Ethiopia for the Adera Foundation, documenting the experience of TCU students and All Saint’s Episcopal School Teachers from Fort Worth Texas This is my new friend Yabisera Alemayehuand. Yabisera is 9 years old and she is inseparable from her friend Federal,...
“The Adera Foundation shares the gospel in both word and deed, transforming the lives of the poor with help and true hope.” For Adera stories see my Capturing Grace blog – capturinggrace.org and select Adera from Organizations menu. To learn more about how you can be a...
Photographing on assignment in Ethiopia for the Adera Foundation, documenting the experience of TCU students and All Saint’s Episcopal School Teachers from Fort Worth Texas This is Yordanos Wakshume she is 9 years old and in the 4th grade at Hiber Primary School in Addis Ababa...
PHOTOGRAPHING ON ASSIGNMENT IN ETHIOPIA FOR THE ADERA FOUNDATION, DOCUMENTING THE EXPERIENCE OF TCU STUDENTS AND ALL SAINT’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM FORT WORTH TEXAS This will be my fifth trip to Ethiopia to photograph for the Adera foundation and I am so grateful to be...
Compassion isn't just about feeling the pain of others; it's about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. 'Be compassionate as God is compassionate,' means the dismantling of barriers that exclude. - Gregory Boyle ,...
Atef and I during 20 hours of flights from the US to Ethiopia When flight attendant Atef spotted the name Compassion on my shirt he was quick to let me know that his name means compassion in his homeland of Egypt. After an hour of stories...
[caption width="5616" id="attachment_12082" align="alignnone"] Elisa and her son Elnatan (2015)[/caption]Anyone who knows Elisa will tell you that her beautiful smile is a perfect reflection of her heart. At the age of twenty-six, Elisa is celebrating three years of marriage and the proud mom of a three...
Little Yabsera is just one of the many reasons I have returned to Ethiopia year after year to photograph for the Adera Foundation. Watching little Yabsera grow and blossom within the loving arms of her mom and the Adera of foundation is living proof that child sponsorship changes...
From my time in Ethiopia - “We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is, we only become more fearful, more hardened, and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like...
On a recent trip to Ethiopia I enjoyed exploring the african countryside and meeting those who call it home. I love the little grass roofed houses (gojo bets) that dot the countryside of Africa. Walking down these red dirt roads I learned that when the gate...
