Sunday, June 30, 2013

Always an Adventure

What do you do when there's no water in town and it's been raining cats and dogs?  You take your laundry to the river of course :)  One of my teammates captured this action photo...haha...of me as I headed up the hill in search of water :)
The little ones in our neighborhood continue to grow.  Whenever our doors are open they are in our house or backyard and even when the door is not open they are hollering for us to open it :)  We love these precious little ones so much and we are already dreading the day we have to say goodbye in 3 1/2 months :(
Another one of our banana trees produced several bunches!  Our bananas were the talk of the town for about 2 weeks.  One guy offered us $30 for them, but our sisters turned him down because they wanted to save them for a special occasion...ha!
Our little island is apparently known by the French as a good place to come and see sea turtles lay their eggs.  So, "Turtle Day" has been established as a national holiday on which you can: a) Get a t-shirt b) Eat grilled chicken and fried bananas with hot sauce c) Possibly see some turtles.  However, my highlight came on the way home from "Turtle Day," where I had the privilege of sitting too close to the goat in the back of the taxi.  Apparently it was hungry and my hair was going to satisfy it's craving.  I'm having fun...can't you tell :) Haha!
We had the opportunity to host a group of short-termers who came to observe our lives here on the island in order to see if living and working in Africa is something they are being lead to.  Becky, from Nebraska, was our temporary roommate in our little mud hut that's the size of a one car garage :)  We had a blast and we enjoyed getting to share our lives and our friends with her!
Becky, our short-termer, took this photo and gave the caption: "A typical night at Becca and Corinna's"  Haha!  It's so true!  We love every opportunity we get to love on the girls in our village from morning to late evening :)
Our landlord, Easter, had a baby girl named Inan!  She is healthy and looks just like her brother and sisters :)  We are enjoying the new addition to the family!
Lastly, we got to see baby turtles hatch on the beach and we took on the name "Turtle Watch" as we rescued the turtles from the clutches of the crows :)  Haha!