August 11th
To everyone who has kept up with what's been happening here, to everyone who has left comments, to everyone who has sent e-mails and encouragement, to everyone who has prayed!
A special thank...
Yesterday was my final day of classes, which has worked out well, giving me some time to recover from this cold before I fly out on Saturday. MERF's director, Victor Atallah, flew in to Lokichoggio...
August 8th
...have come down with colds after the recent Arctic front passed through Lokichoggio - now I've come down with a cold of my own. But when you spend more than six weeks in close contact with...
August 6th
... the thermomenter has plunged precipitously to dangerous lows - it must be only twenty degrees out. One of the students is wearing a ski jacket (one of those big puffy ones, bright orange, with...
On Saturday, Peter Ekiru, one of the students, invited me and several other students to his house for a farewell dinner - check out the photo gallery for a closer look at local life, and a great...
August 5th
... and best of all, he brought a bag of freshly roasted Ethiopian coffee with him. A light roast, with a hint of fruitiness and spice, a delectable top note, and a refreshingly citrus end note....
August 3rd
Regarding the large herd of cows one of the students has:
Peter, a Murle who speaks Murle and Arabic, but very little English, has a large herd of cattle (288 to be precise).
I ask him...
If you check out the right side of the screen, you'll notice some links related to Southern Sudan - I've just added another link to a site called the "Gurtong Peace Project," and in particular a...
Time continues to fly by, as I near the last week of my stay here in Loki. Time is a funny thing - on the one hand it feels like I barely got here, and at the same time I feel like I've been here...