{"id":199,"date":"2009-04-27T05:15:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T05:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/04\/back-from-africa-more-pictures-up.html"},"modified":"2009-04-27T05:15:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T05:15:11","slug":"back-from-africa-more-pictures-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/04\/back-from-africa-more-pictures-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Back from Africa &#8211; More Pictures Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#039;s 4am, and the jet-lag is getting the best of me. I thought I would make the best use of my time by uploading some more pictures to Facebook. Day 5 can be found&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?page=1&amp;aid=111747&amp;id=791064551\">by clicking here<\/a>. They&#039;re shots of Compassion Family Int&#039;l and Kolfe Boys Home. Day 6 of&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?page=1&amp;aid=112128&amp;id=791064551\" target=\"_blank\">Kebebetsehay, Kechene, and Moses orphanage are here<\/a>.&#160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Hoping to get back on track soon. At my son&#039;s soccer game an hour and a half away, I totally forgot my camera and left the entire backpack on the field. I&#039;m sick to my stomach thinking about. Pray someone honest finds it.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Here&#039;s a few pictures of what you would see on the streets of Addis Ababa. While I was there I read in a book that 94.5% of the urban population in Addis lives in slums. This is a very poor country that needs our help. We have 7 new orphanages available for your church, company, or online community to sponsor. 3 are already spoken for. I&#039;d love to hear from you ASAP if you&#039;d like to be involved. Thanks for praying and following the trip. My blog hits were through the roof so I know many of you were reading the posts. I read every comment and every twitter message. I&#039;m deeply grateful for you and love the passion you have for serving the least of these.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e201157055a57c970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9723\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e201157055a57c970b \" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e201157055a57c970b-320wi\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e201156f5f4a5c970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9739\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e201156f5f4a5c970c\" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e201156f5f4a5c970c-320wi\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#039;s 4am, and the jet-lag is getting the best of me. I thought I would make the best use of my time by uploading some more pictures to Facebook. Day 5 can be found&#160;by clicking here. 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