02 September 2012

We're Outta Here!

And our blog has moved here.

Cheers!

29 August 2012

Spending Time With Friends

Craig and his work partner, Arimi

Craig, Arimi, Heather

Heather and Jill, drinking sodabe-mango "margaritas".  Jill lives about 45 minutes east of Bohicon.

Amy and Craig.  Amy lives about 30 mins south of Bohicon

Making new friends!

Chillin.

Cheezin.

23 August 2012

Benin...By The Numbers


1 bout of malaria
1 coup d’état
1 nutritional recuperation project
1 safari
1 new family
1 dramatic fainting spell
1 monkey on a van
2 languages/dialects spoken
2 week-long girls’ camps
2 FSOT tests
2 English clubs
2 bloody noses
2 neighborhood births
3 vacations
3 rounds of Cipro
3 well buckets (2 were lost)
3 instances of heat rash
4 visitors
5 toenails lost (Heather)
5 girls’ scholarships sponsored
6 African countries visited (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Togo)
8 quarterly reports
26 months

Countless:
  • ·         Bush taxis/zemijans
  • ·         Fêtes
  • ·         Books read and movies/TV shows watched
  • ·         Misunderstandings
  • ·         Goats on motos
  • ·         Loads of hand washed clothes
  • ·         Vodoun altars
  • ·         Changes of future plans
  • ·         Bike tire patches
  • ·         Avocado sandwiches or street meat/goat sandwiches
  • ·         Embarrassing stories
  • ·         Photos
  • ·         Miles traversed via bicycle
  • ·         New memories and friends