Last night, I was visiting a small group of people with BIG hearts! After talking about the Congo and what we do, they reached in and emptied their pockets!!
To me this looks like love!
Thank you so much for pouring out your love for our friends in the Congo! I will tell them of you!

There were some interesting extras as well....

You see what I mean? They just emptied their pockets!! 

You know who you are........you are awesome!! 

Thank you for your many blessings!

Last night, I was visiting a small group of people with BIG hearts! After talking about the Congo and what we do, they reached in and emptied their pockets!!
To me this looks like love!
Thank you so much for pouring out your love for our friends in the Congo! I will tell them of you!

There were some interesting extras as well....

You see what I mean? They just emptied their pockets!! 

You know who you are........you are awesome!! 

Thank you for your many blessings!

Meet my friendly neighbourhood gecko! This guy is quite tiny and apparently is a pretty good mosquito annihilator!
I was watching him sit on the wall, and thought I would video him. However, he sat there thinking I AM  the wall.....I AM the wall! ......so there was no movement to record. I switched off the camera and turned my attention to other matters.
Suddenly there was a scurrying noise above my head. I quickly turned to check out my little guest, but he had slithered about 4 feet across the wall....(that's 1.22m for the younger set).....
I kept my attention riveted to this cunning creature!
I reached for my camera once again......and again, no movement!
I tried reasoning with him..

me: seriously?!? You moved, you were here and now you are there, YOU MOVED! Don't even try pretending you didn't move!
him: I am the wall, I am the wall
me: fine then! I am not looking (after all, I should be able to psyc out a lizard)
him: (obstinate creature that he is)....I am the wall.....
me: .....waiting.....waiting.......
me: (changing tactics to overcome feelings of defeat at the hands of one with so small a brain) ok, I am taking your picture!

So here he is folks......enjoy....

Meet my friendly neighbourhood gecko! This guy is quite tiny and apparently is a pretty good mosquito annihilator!
I was watching him sit on the wall, and thought I would video him. However, he sat there thinking I AM  the wall.....I AM the wall! ......so there was no movement to record. I switched off the camera and turned my attention to other matters.
Suddenly there was a scurrying noise above my head. I quickly turned to check out my little guest, but he had slithered about 4 feet across the wall....(that's 1.22m for the younger set).....
I kept my attention riveted to this cunning creature!
I reached for my camera once again......and again, no movement!
I tried reasoning with him..

me: seriously?!? You moved, you were here and now you are there, YOU MOVED! Don't even try pretending you didn't move!
him: I am the wall, I am the wall
me: fine then! I am not looking (after all, I should be able to psyc out a lizard)
him: (obstinate creature that he is)....I am the wall.....
me: .....waiting.....waiting.......
me: (changing tactics to overcome feelings of defeat at the hands of one with so small a brain) ok, I am taking your picture!

So here he is folks......enjoy....

This is my daughter in Africa. She cooked meals for the 6 member team, in this kitchen. The stove had no chimney, so the kitchen was always full of smoke. We took turns running outside to clear our streaming eyes. She suffered the most of course.
The first morning, as I was teaching seminar, a heavy fog rolled in the windows. I suggested that she might have left the stove on......
In spite of the difficult circumstances, she cooked wonderful meals for all of us! (at great personal cost)

This is my daughter in Africa. She cooked meals for the 6 member team, in this kitchen. The stove had no chimney, so the kitchen was always full of smoke. We took turns running outside to clear our streaming eyes. She suffered the most of course.
The first morning, as I was teaching seminar, a heavy fog rolled in the windows. I suggested that she might have left the stove on......
In spite of the difficult circumstances, she cooked wonderful meals for all of us! (at great personal cost)

The day has finally arrived.......my tickets are booked!

I leave November 20th and return (early this year) January 9th, 2015.

For those of you with questions, the internet says;

"The outbreak in the country (DRC), where the Ebola virus was first discovered nearly 40 years ago, is a distinct strain from the far more drastic Ebola crisis ravaging West Africa, where more than 2,200 people have died this year, the worst on record. The Congo outbreak, by contrast, is confined to four villages in one county, and is linked to one initial case, first reported to the health organization on Aug. 26."

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That county is in the far north of the country, which I have never visited......yet :)