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Traveling on to Lomé
The travel today went smoothly. I woke up again several times during the night (jet lag), but felt good in the morning anyway. After breakfast, I repacked my gear. The shuttle was leaving for the airport at 9:00 am; I needed to be there by 10:00 for a noon flight. It took half an hour to check out because of a style of organization that is …
Friday in Lomé
Today was a busy day. In the morning I put the finishing touches on two Bible Studies I would be giving, one today and one tomorrow morning. The first was on the subject of setting priorities, the other on principles of wisdom and discernment. Mid-morning I took a taxi around town to buy notebooks and to make photocopies for the seminars that …
Last day in Lomé
Today was our last day of meetings for this year's seminars. Kossi Fiaboé picked me up at 8:30 once again, and we drove though the much busier (than yesterday's streets). I noticed there were quite a number of traffic policemen on street corners. I have never seen that before in Togo. Is it a sign that things are improving and there is more hope …
First week in Africa
... money and possessions here. I was surprised by how happy everyone was! I thought, 'Why aren't they sad? They have nothing! Don't they know what they're missing out on!? All the children have to play with is old tyres and a few broken cooking utensils, and they spend most of their time helping their mothers with the cooking! How come they're so happy!?' And then I realised how unhappy most Australian children, and adults, are - even though we have so many ...
On first arriving in Africa
... on trays on their heads - all with ease, and never a wobble. I saw goats and chickens scratching in the sand, a man pulling a cart on which were his children and a dead cow, people sleeping in the shade, children in underwear playing with tyres or blocks, little piles of burning rubbish, groups of people chatting and laughing etc etc. The shops that lined the roads were incredible! They're not anything like our shops, but houses with random things set out the front. And by random, I ...