Visiting with Berie at the guest house.

Here we are at the guest house with Bereket--also referred to by the nannies and by us as "Berie" (pronounced Berry). She was visiting us that day; what she was thinking at this point we have no idea. She was probably wondering who these strange white people were hugging her and following her around.

The staff at the guest house tried to help us understand what she was saying to us (in Amharic) but for the most part, body language was the only way we communicated with each other.

Berie joined us permanently after our official meeting at the U.S. embassy a few days later.