13 hours seems forever. I was so far back in the 777 I think I was in a different time zone when we finally touched down in Addis Ababa.

My seat mate was a young Ethiopian woman named Seba. She lives in Atlanta and was coming home to visit for a month. She taught me to say thank you in Ethiopian: Amasicanala!

Interestingly she figured out I was a pastor immediately. I hope it was Jesus in me, not just some pastoral persona. She is a Jesus follower too. The Jesus in her sensing the Jesus in me?

I hope so!

P.S. Add 1500 miles…almost to Blantyre. Africa is such a large continent!