What's Woody Doing Now

The Grinch Stole Christmas Vacation, Too!

On Christmas Eve, I spent the morning in the downtown market area. I wanted to see the kind of activities and happenings in preparation for Christmas.

This is my first and only Christmas in Congo (per my wife). My Christmas stay was necessity versus a real experience.

To my surprise, it was a normal day. Even the kids went to school. So, I asked why? The election polling stations were at mostly schools and churches. Therefore, the kids were off days before and after the elections. Note, I said days before and after!

I was awaken by cheering students on the day after Christmas. They were preparing to start their school day. Unbelievable, it's suppose to be an official holiday.

Therefore, the Christmas vacation was stolen from them. There was a lot of stealing during and after the election. The Grinch was active!

We Are Celebrating

We are celebrating Thanksgiving!
We are celebrating Christmas!
We are celebrating anything and everything!
The turkey is finally done! It's been a long journey from Fisher's (Indiana) Walmart to the table here in Kananga, Congo. It was brought the week of November. It's been four planes and stored in four freezers.

It's good to celebrate!

Seth's Blog: No choice

A person without choices is a dead!
I just made a difficult choice!

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/no-choice-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29

'Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice. Difficult choices involve painful sacrifices, advance planning or just plain guts.'

Shifting Gears

The Bio Sand Filter workshop is done! Twenty-one people trained. Now it is time implement some projects.
But first, we have to survive the announcements of the election results here in Congo. Tuesday is the day! The country is on pins and needles.
The internet just came back after being off for two days. Supposedly, the government ordered the phone companies to shut down the internet and sms via phones.
Anyway, we are ready to ride it out at the house. We will evacuate to the UN compound if necessary.
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