November 17th

I didn’t really do anything remarkable today, besides being in
Africa of course, haha. I helped Karen do some more glasses, this
time tagging them and putting them into labeled bags. If I never
see another pair of glasses again it will be too soon, shoot, there is
a pair on my face… Haha. Anyway, that being done, I went to
school and taught for four periods today, a mix of biology and
chemistry. I’m definitely getting more comfortable with teaching,
but I wish we would stop missing school because then I don’t want
to start teaching again because the same insecurities start to creep
up with the down time. Not that down time is really very “down” I
feel like I haven’t stopped running around and doing things around
the house in days. Which is nice, and I’m helping the hospital out
in general by making things easier for the Ashers, but it’s not what
I came here for, but like Tom Garber, one of the guests last week,
said a big part of being a missionary is being flexible because you
often won’t be doing what you thought you would be. Anyway,
tangent aside, the classes went well, I’ve started actually teaching
chemistry rather than just the math I was teaching before, I still
haven’t even begun to think about doing labs. I figure they need
some more information before they are ready for that. Anyway,
we had the Emmits and the Mahrs over for dinner this evening. It
was going well when Karen got a call that there had been a
motorbike collision and there were several trauma cases to take
care of. Half the people here being doctors the place cleared out
pretty quick. I kind of wish that I were medical personnel because
everyone left and I’m quite bored now. I got to talk to one of my
best friends on facebook this evening which was good. Just a
heads up, Tom and Karen are leaving Friday morning to go to
Freetown and they won’t be back till Monday, so I will have a blog
tomorrow but then you won’t have anything to read after that
until Monday, I’m sure you’ll wait with bated breath until then.
Until tomorrow then, have a great day!


Walie Masala (Thank the Lord, in Limba)
Ryan Brooks