Archive for August, 2006

August 11th

Thank you!

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...

Winding Down

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

Not just the students...

...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

Break Out The Ski Jackets...

... 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...

New Photos in the Gallery

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

The New Teacher Has Arrived...

... 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

Interesting Conversation

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...

New Link

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...

Heading In To The Home Stretch

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...