Plowing with oxen.

Especially on the side of a hill where plowing with oxen is difficult, the Aari use these 'digging sticks' to break up the soil.

Jonah and Joshua (Bible names are popular among Christians) show off the cabbage patch they planted behind the duplex where I used to live in Metser.

Lauren (short-term missionary in Alduba 2003) stands beside a mango tree. Mango is one of my favorite fruits, and they aren’t so expensive in southwest Ethiopia.

Lauren picks a ripe mango.