Friday in Togo

Woke up about 0520 hrs to the music of several birds near my open window.  Tried to get a picture of them, but they fled to the tree and would not be photographed.  I must try waking earlier each day until I find when first light actually is and will record the sounds of the village as it comes to life.  Chickens, birds, children, voices and an occasional motobike.

 Had a slow leak in the right rear tire, so Christophe and I went to the local tire repair shop.  The tool in the left of the picture is how you physically break the bead on a tire to remove it from the rim.  After inspecting the inside of the tire and removing the offending screw......

 a patch is cemented to the puncture.

A metal pot is clamped to the repair and an oil fire heats it to "vulcanize" the rubber.   Everythin is put back to gether and in less than an hour we were on our way.  Total cost, including lots of labor, was 500 CSF  that is about $1.00.    Had the owner not recognized that this was my son Jon's truck the price would have stayed at the 1000 CSF that he originally asked.   The owner even mentioned that the last time he saw Jon,, both of the girls were with him.

Power was out this evening, so we had to hook up the generator.  Had rice, sauce and chicken for the people who help out around the house on a regular basis. (Security, maintenance and such)

Everyone seems to love the Huff's and especially want to know how Heidi and the girls are doing.  We expect to throw a little celebration when the baby arrives......

God is awesome.


taking to long to upload little video of birds singing and need to shut down generator.  Will do singing birds another day.