Jeff Holmes: belief

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…He and his wife had another baby. The war is over in the immediate sense. Their food problems have been alleviated. He does not have enough money to complete his house, which is a big problem for him. They’re back on their feet, but it’s very tough, and tourist demand for the business he wanted to create has not materialized because of the war. He’s performed very admirably, but Ethiopia has let him down, I would say. I think you commented at the time, it was more difficult than it should have been to get him the money when you supported him. It required some jumping through hoops. Is that still the case? I now have an electronic payments network set up. The first time I used it, my bank canceled my account. [laughter] I had to go in person because it does look sketchy to be sending just a single transfer to Ethiopia all of a sudden. I think that’s resolved, but I’m afraid the next time I send, they’ll cancel my account again. I don’t know, we’ll see. Payments in the United States is still screwed up. Stripe has done amazing work. I hope they keep on going — I’m pretty sure they will — but it still all needs fixing.…

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