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NEW YEARS EVE!!!!!!
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Had BURRITOS in
Atakpamé & played movie charades =]
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Went to Atakpamé
with Matt and Riordan.
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Made breakfast
for YWAM missionaries and headed to Kara – hung out at the pool with a bunch of
people then had dinner at the Richardson’s.
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Back to the cyber
for more computer lessons!
25
Woke up, spent
some time in the Bible, family got ready for mass, but we were so late that we
completely missed it, ate lunch with YWAM kids, went to village dance party,
talked to lots of friends and family, made pudding because I literally had no
other food, watched a movie and went to bed. Really unique, but really really
good Christmas =]
23
Met another group
of YWAM missionaries! Spent all day reading the Screwtape Letters by C.S.
Lewis.
22
Farendé marché –
Britt called and she doesn’t have her visa yet, so there is a possibility that
she won’t be able to come!! =/
21
Spent all day
teaching computer lessons.
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Another day
harvesting corn! Maija’s birthday party in Kpagouda tonight.
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Stocked up on
food at the marché and continued with the computer lessons.
18
Had my first two
classes at the cyber – we set up an email account and facebook page for the
cyber and taught them how to use them both.
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Britt is coming
in 8 days!!!!!!!!! Had a meeting at the cyber today to talk about when we’re
going to start up classes – found out we’re starting tomorrow! =]
15
Sold tchouk for
Mama at the market. At first I was really excited, but then someone told me
that I gave them too much for the ‘taste’ and then someone else got upset
because the tchouk wasn’t fermented enough – wanted to tell them next time they
can just make it themselves, but my French isn’t quite up to that level yet =]
But naw, it was good, it was fun to talk to people and hang out for the day.
14
Another day out
in the field – this time we harvested corn – took an hour and a half to walk
out to the field, worked for 7 hours, then walked the hour and a half back to
the house… no wonder everyone here is so beautiful and in such good shape –
sorry to burst your bubble Jillian and South Beach diet and Weight Watchers,
but your ab workouts and point systems are never gonna quite measure up to the
boot camp they’ve got going on over here in Togo.
12
Environmental
club went well – it was our last one of the year – I’m going to miss it these
next couple weeks!
8
Back to village –
12 hour trip, check.
5
Worked at the Togo 2000 fair – spent lots of time telling little
kids about moringa and the Peace Corps. Peace Corps is a pretty big fan of
moringa –it’s high in vitamins and minerals and can help with malnutrition,
hypertension, and dibetes – it’s pretty magical in theory, but some people at
the fair had some unique ideas of what it’s capable of. “Why should you eat
moringa?” I’d ask, and there’d always that one kid who’d answer “It cures
cancer!” or the brazen pre-teen who called out “You mix it with hard liquor and
it makes you strong!”. Unfortunately I spent most of the day stomping on a lot
of high hopes, but in the mean time I got to eat ice cream and sit in front of
a fan, soooo can’t complain about that.
3
Celebrated Stacy’s birthday with Isaac, Lindsey, Erica,
Jonas, Spenser, Sarah, Bou, and Nick – it was so good to see them again!
2
Skyped with the family for an hour and a half!
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Got to Lomé & ate Chinese & talked to Mandy <3
