Eritrea

E is for Ten in Eritrea

Ten preteen boys surrounded me on one of the major streets of Asmara, Eritrea, as I waited for my friend Jewel’s tire to be changed. Not only was Jewel’s tire changed, but the remainder of my temporary duty time there changed as I spent every Sunday after that watching these boys and a few moreContinue reading “E is for Ten in Eritrea”

An Early Christmas Present

This week I received an early Christmas present, the kind that no amount of money can buy. I found a comment on one of my earlier posts, E is for Eritrea, from one of the boys on Team USA while I was in Eritrea in 2004. And that means I also have a way toContinue reading “An Early Christmas Present”

K is for Keren

“Keren Public Library” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Book Aid International Lisa, a teacher from Texas at the Asmara International Community School, introduced me to Keren, Eritrea. Or perhaps it was Keren that introduced me to Lisa. It happened in the Keren Public Library. Once a month, Lisa and her daughter went to the Keren Public Library where the USContinue reading “K is for Keren”

E is for Eritrea

Eritrea had been independent for less time than I had worked for the US Department of State when I arrived there in February 2004. I knew very little about it, only that it gained independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s. My stay in Eritrea was short–just four months. But by the time I left,Continue reading “E is for Eritrea”