we will be finished finally with the pipeline by the middle of the week. just a few valve boxes, concrete covers, and some digging remain. thank god. Justin and I will traveling to village very early Monday to accomplish all the tasks. We told the village that we would not turn the water on until all of the trench is back filled. so the whole village filled the trench on Friday. only a couple of day remain for that. after we finish we will have some free time to do whatever we want. The villagers want to take us to another village to see their friends and play football.
the journalist, Matt dewalt, the journalist from ud arrived on Wednesday. he spent one night in the village. he has talked to many of the projects adviser's and other key people. he will be traveling with the immersion group to get a complete feel of Cameroon.When we visited friends he comes, he seems to enjoy everything we do.he is impressed on the relationships that we have. i believe he will write a good article with some nice picutres.
10. we had the Dayton versus Cameroon football match. the cameroon team didn't have any girls on the team so we divided the 15 dayton girls to play on both teams. the match finished in 7-7 draw, many people scored including girls, justin, and myself. dr amin was the referee but tends to not concentrate on the game, he is just there to make sure everyone has fun.
9. i bought dress shoes yesterday, the salesman initially wanted 60,000 cfa but we finally agreed on 27,000. my friend dereck did all the negotiating. there is whiteman and blackman price for everything.
8. i have learned how used a machete, i have been cutting forms with it. i am not as good as the local but i can do it.
7. we have gone swimming in the lake twice, once we had all villagers around our age went for a swim. we took the villages engine boat without an engine into the lake. we dove of the boat and enjoyed the water and sun. the next time just us whites wen. we were waiting for the canoe that was carrying our luggage to come and we went in for a dip. the lake is warm in most placed from the sun but there are also some cool spots.
6. now i am very adjusted to the heat. i do not sweat as much and i don't drink as much water. today would be a very hot day in ohio but it is cool here.
5. every sunday at eben's in kumba they play micheal jackson's greatest hits as everyone prepares for the big midday meal. this is the one meal that we usually eat with ma and pa.
4. in the village everyone is related. there is one family that had five children, those five chrildren have many kids and grandkids. some people in the family have married other villagers making one huge family that is at least half the village.
3. some small kids are afraid of whites. there is one named kelvin who you can hold one day but the next you can't even get near him without him crying.
2. i got another hair, this time at barber shop in kumba. the barber shops are similar to one in the states, a rotating chair, sports picture everywhere, and sports illustrated. but this one had pictures of footballers covering all the walls and ceiling. also on the walls are hair styles of puff daddy snoop dogg, and other random people.
1. water is going to flow this week.
much love,
mark
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