Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Tuesday, December 30, Ruth's house

We asked for a slow day today and we got it. Ruth had much to do and sort of came and went all day. It's amazing how many people come and go from her house.

They have been battling multiple problems with the house related to electricity, plumbing, and Internet (!) so various repairmen came and went. The Internet repairman was a delightful young man named Chamberlain. (That should interest my friends back home whose last name is Chamberlain.) He was very adept at the processes necessary to isolate the modem problem, and then to get my laptop and the Stone's laptop onto Ruth and Raphael's wireless network.

Amongst the many visitors was a friend of theirs who is a pastor, and his wife. And there was a doctor (MarcelNgom) and his wife (Marceline). She is the treasurer of Ruth's NGO -- “Women, Environment, and Health” (see http://wehfriends.pbwiki.com). We shared with her how much we hope that we can find a way to ship many sewing machines. She asked how many. For some reason the number 100 popped out of my mouth. Woudn't that be amazing!

It was a great, relaxing day. I love the papaya and the fresh pineapple. It is so sweet and perfectly ripe. We've also had plantain, and lunch today was African: lamb stew and fufu and slices of white yam and a wonderful caramel custard. We feel thoroughly gifted in every way.

1 comment:

  1. Plantain! Boy, that sounds familiar. Forgive me for constantly making comparisons to El Salvador; it's about all I have to go on.

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