The Drum

Celebrating in Dawro from A Glimmer of Hope on Vimeo.

This is a video of me receiving a drum. OK so it is a drum- what is the big deal about a drum. Well here is the quick story.
I was in Awassa meeting Cruz's birth family when we were there to bring him home a year and a half ago. I found this drum in Awassa that I wanted to buy it REALLY badly!! I loved it. Rob talked me out of it- think we could find one back in Addis. This was my second trip and I hadn't seen a drum like that for sale. So I said "OK" and waited until we were back in Addis. Yup you guess it!!! They didn't have any drums like the one I left behind in Awassa. I got home and looked on the internet and when I was in LA went to Little Ethiopia to find one. No luck!! So now - a year and a half later I'm back in Awassa and find the store that had MY drum. Finally Rob was going to get out of the dog house and I was going to have my drum. That store did not have any and one around the corner had one, but it was bright hot pink and not what I wanted. I was about to buy the ugly pink one until Emily brought me back to my senses!!! I was bummed and when I got back to the states I was going to let Rob know that I should have bought that first drum. Not like he didn't already know that one!!

Well we are in the Darow zone where A Glimmer of Hope is inaugurating a new water well. This amazing choir is singing their lungs out to the Lord and they are playing my drum!!! Seeing hearing them play and sing was an experience that I will never forget. I just asked Timerau (who is with Glimmer)- where you get drums like the one they were playing. We go on with the festivities and I am in my glory loving on these sweet people. Next thing I know they are grouping around me and this amazing church wants to GIVE ME their drum!!!!! I was freaking out because I would never have asked for their drum... I just was going to buy one. This amazing church and people that materially do not have much was giving me this special gift. I was so honored and just praising GOD. He cares about the small details! What a beautiful way to get such a special gift. I felt so unworthy, but that is the depth of our GOD. Even though we are unworthy of his love and forgiveness he sent HIS only son to die on the cross for our sins!!

Plus He gave Rob relief from my occasional harping about the drum that got away. This was only a piece of my amazing trip. Soon I will start blogging about my partnership with Glimmer to put more water in other villages!