Gideon (top right) came from Kenya as a co-leader of the training. I’m supposed to be interpreting from English into Amharic for him, but it looks like I got carried away and added my own two-cents-worth.

The class was held in a large tent. Banna translators Ayke, Getu and David were among the trainees. Here Ayke practices teaching a primer lesson.

Each afternoon we divided the trainees into groups of 4 or 5 so each could have a turn practice-teaching a lesson. Birhanu was one of the seven who absorbed the training well enough to begin teaching others right away when it was over.

Lesson 1 of the Banna primer. The trainees practiced teaching this and other lessons to each other. Can you guess the first 2 "picture words"?

We had a "shofro" break mid-morning. Shofro is a hot drink made from coffee shells. It has a coffee flavor with less caffeine, and the Banna-Hamer people find it very refreshing. Boiled corn and (dry) beans make a nice snack to go with it.

Patrick (left) and Gideon (right), the leaders of our tutor-training workshop, pose with one of the evangelists who came for the training.

Trent and Tabby’s dogs had to get in on the group photo at the end of the workshop.

We held our second Banna tutor training in Turmi, 3 hours's drive south of Alduba. I grieved for the women in Turmi, who wear iron “necklaces”, carry heavy loads of wood, and show in their faces their need for the light of the Gospel.

Since Ayke and Getu had taken the training in Alduba, they now helped us with the teaching. Here Ayke demonstrates how to use flash cards for reviewing a primer lesson.