Learning to Liv...: 1 week until I leave

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

1 week until I leave

HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 comments:

Meredith said...: Hooooooray! I sent a small package on Monday that should arrive any minute. So excited for you!; April 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
msl said...: YYYYAAAAYYYYY!! So close!! So exciting!!; April 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM
coffeemom said...: Gosh I hope we see you there! Excited for you!!! love m; April 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Jebena said...: (Smiling)...I know huh!!!!; April 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM

Flag Meaning:

The colored stripes on the Ethiopian flag are significant - the red stripe stands for power, faith and blood; the yellow symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love; and the green represents the land and hope. The colors were also interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity and the blue disk represents peace.
The three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.