Burji dictionary

I recently found a Burji to English dictionary and am linking to it here (and here just in case the first link doesn't work). It's by R. Dame and C. Wedekind.

Krista in Georgia has also created an English to Burji version. The link is here.

Initially our tutor had told us that Burji was similar to Amharic, but after looking into it we found they are very different languages. Burji is Cushitic while Amharic is Semitic. The boys' paperwork says that they know both languages, but we'll have to wait and see if that is true. For now we are focusing on Amharic because it's a much more widely spoken language in Ethiopia.

Donations update and three months

People have been very generous with donations and we now have more than we can take with us on our first trip. Meaning we have over 100 pounds of donations, and I only bought a small fraction of that. Yes, people are that amazing.

Here is the plan -

• All the formula, bottles, nipples, about half the wipes and half the diapers have been packed. They will go to Horizon House.
• Most of the toys and books and about half the clothes have been packed, also to go to Horizon House.
• All the medical supplies (antiseptic wipes, thermometers, creams, latex gloves, masks, pain killers etc) have been packed. We will take those with us to Burji to donate to a local clinic. We've identified a largish town in Burji using Google Maps, which may or may not be Soyama, the capital of Burji. If it doesn't have a clinic, we've found a town in the neighboring woreda of Amaro that does.
• We will use money specifically given to us for school supplies to buy materials in Addis and take them to Burji. According to not-necessarily-accurate sources, there is one high school in Burji, so again, the town that we think is Soyama is our best bet.
• The remainder of the wipes, diapers, toys and clothes will wait until our second trip.

Obviously the Burji part of the plan is pretty shaky. It relies on things being where the internet says they are, which they may not be. Worse case scenario, we give the donations to someone else. Not a terrible thing.

Also, yesterday was month 3 of the 10% Challenge. The total was high this month, what with trip preparations and property taxes due. The recipient was Doctors without Borders.