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I think we must be adjusting somewhat to conditions here. It seems like the weekend has produced nothing really out of the ordinary. We did go to a baptism on Saturday afternoon. A young 8 year old boy was baptized and also Annika, an adult who is a student at a University here. Annika is… Continue reading Sunday, April 6, 2008

Soeur Black and I have spent most of the week lost somewhere in Cotonou. One of the problems with having some wheels is that you have to drive them if you are going to get around the City. That presents two problems. One is the Motos, on which I am now revising my estimate of… Continue reading Driving in Benin

Last night we arrived at the hotel in Togo quite early. We are staying at an IBIS hotel (French). It is really nice and clean. Has clean water and a great AC system. Last evening Southams and us went out and ate a nice meal at a nice little restaurant on a patio overlooking the… Continue reading Visit to Togo

When the reveon started, it reminded me of a Navajo occasion with drums and dancing but then the intensity became greater and greater and I did not want to do anything but get out of there. After we got behind the member’s wall and the elder was hurt, she opened a little back door and… Continue reading The Togo-Benin Border

Yesterday was Sunday and that is probably worth another daily. We had to be at the Church for a Branch Presidency meeting at 8:00 so we had our taxi come and pick us up early. I was a little discouraged when we got into the Branch Presidency meeting and Elder Southam understood more than I… Continue reading First Sunday in Benin

I promised myself to write a little about the dress here. We really wasted our time and money to bring so many clothes. Not only are most of them to heavy in spite of our efforts but we could have had them made for us here for a fraction of the cost. The Africans have… Continue reading Dress in Benin

Today Elder Phillips and Elder Loveless invited us to go to teach with them. Actually we had to go quite a ways over to the other side of Cotonou and I think they wanted us to go so we would pay for the taxi. The taxi system here is interesting. As I see it, there… Continue reading 5th Day in Benin

Day 4 was almost more than one Soeur Black from Blanding, Utah could handle. In our District meeting Elder Crooke talked about getting the spirit every day and when I see him next, I am going to tell him when you are in survival mode, the spirit is pretty far from your mind. The first… Continue reading 4th Day in Benin

I survived day three but am still in the survival mode. I just pretend each day that we are camping only camping in our trailer would be very welcomed at this stage. The electricity goes off several times a day. But we are counting our blessings that it hasn’t gone off at night as we… Continue reading 3rd Day in Benin

The Southam’s apartment which we will eventually inherit in June is a really nice apartment with 3 large bedrooms and 3 baths. It is a little cleaner and nicer than ours and also has Internet. It is located just a block or so away from the chapel. Right now we are grateful for what we… Continue reading 3rd Day in Benin