days into life in the new village.
I would like to wish everybody back home
a very Merry Christmas and hope that
it is a special day.
Unlike in the northeast of the USA where
I come from, it is warm and with the
Harmattan wind, it is comfortable ... but ...
no dreaming of a White Christmas here.
I just took the picture a few minutes ago
and it is about 1 in the afternoon and
not a cloud in the sky. The kid in the
back is one of my next door neighbors.
The one in front ... don't know.
It is also the holiday season and many
of the people that I'll be working with
are not around.
Yesterday the pharmacist bought a
rake so I've been spending a little
time cleaning up the health clinic's
grounds. Just keeping busy until
the 6th of January when they return
from their holiday.
What a difference a year makes. Last
xmas was cold, family and presents.
This year it is the family (villagers 5
days of knowing), heat and my new
dog friend called 'neuf' (number 9 in English).
I do miss the family but they are here
in my heart while the new family is
trying to get used to the first
white person to live amongst them.
I will always remember where I was
on Christmas day 2013 ... a village
in Burkina Faso, Africa.
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