Settlements like this one appear to be carved out in the midst of the rain-starved Ethiopian countryside. Heather McClellan, a former Celina resident, and three other women accompanied Global Hope Network International officials on a trip to the country in February.

Heather McClellan came face to face with poverty during a recent trip to Ethiopia. And yet she found the people - young and old - to be happy and affectionate. They sleep in spartan huts built of sticks and survive on just one . . .