The team had a decent first day. It was a holiday—Ascension. So, the city was a little less crazy today than usual.
We took them to the US Embassy to register where Ruth, our friend, gave us a new perspective on what it means to serve overseas. Her 21 years in Foreign Service have given her much wisdom. One of the topics we discussed was how the fear of “voudon” thwarts progress and development across the African continent. We talked at lunch about how they are not just Christian missionaries living as a witness overseas, but also Christian workers in many professions working outside the country of their birth.
We bought some cloth at Missebo market today. This “panier’ will be turned into colorful robes and shirts over the next few days but tailors and seamstresses. We haggled and bartered our prices. We found a wonderful female merchant, a “Mama,” who gave us a good price the first time. She got a lot of business today.
Taylor won, huh? That’s who my brother said would win.
We came back to the house and the team entertained the neighborhood kids for a couple of hours. Payton talked Matthew Johnston’s ear off about Transformers. Heard some interesting stories about life in French school. I hope Parker and Payton don’t have the same experience—three hours of homework every night and four-hour tests on Saturday. Ugh. It’s good for Matthew to be with our boys, I think he finds some kinship with our kids since he knows what it is like to grow up overseas.
The boys love having the team here. The students give them lots of needed attention. Parker was at Missebo with us. Someone wanted to barter for some cloth. Parker said, “Come on, I’ll talk them down for you.” Parker found an able opponent in Ryan. They were duking it out on Mario Karts tonight. Payton was chatting away with Joe, Liz, and Lauren at dinner tonight.
Just another day. Tomorrow, we take a step further into the culture.
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