Monthly Archives: January 2005

We were heading on our way to Abomey crunched together for over 2 hours of sweaty sticky vinyl and cloth seats, nine people in a little car they call a taxi. Weaving in and out of traffic like a Nascar driver released on the highway, but this was just a two lane with potholes. And sometimes we had to take dirty non-paved roads to avoid road blocks in which we would have to bribe the police.

After arriving we met with a local Christian pastor (as that is rare in this town) who talked with us about political and home struggles… READ MORE!

The coldest weather I have experienced since I been here was last night! 3 hours (at least) of unloading 3 of our freezers on the ship into 2 freezer containers on the dock. We are talking about big walk-in freezers, not ones you may have bought and put in your garage.

It was estimated we moved 20 tons of food.

How did we do it? First the Captain canceled shore leave so no one could leave the ship, then we asked for volunteers. We formed a line from the freezer unit on the dock up the gangway, in the ship, down 2… READ MORE!

This week alone I think I have acquired enough hours in meeting and discussions to break any previous records. I think I am working on over 20 hours of blah, blah this week.

Which is critical for me because it means I am spending more time talking about stuff than actually doing it…Less time cooking and more time being drowned in the politics of life and work.

I can be a verbal communicator if I want, but by choice I am a man of action – be it the action you want or not! I am mentally strained to the point of… READ MORE!

As of lately I have been walking around with my sandal/flip flops on washing my big toe a couple of times every day, and wondering how many other people it will make flinch noticeably when they see it.

I had an ingrown toenail that was infected and had a kind of fungi in addition to other problems so in order to solve everything in one swoop…tada! No toenail! Nah, it doesn’t hurt near as much as before and hopefully I won’t bang it in to anything.

Its amazing how much pain you can be in every day and not even notice it… READ MORE!