// a package received on a day when both water and power are out // 

// the ability to get FanMilk when we go into Bobo, it's the closest thing we have to ice cream outside of fancy restaurants.  It's nothing like real ice cream but it's great for africa, and it's cold//  

// finding a small unpopular area in the big city //

// power, it helps make the 106 degree days bearable//

// laughing about the way people travel here //
hint: look on the roof of the truck

// technology that make it possible to Skype or FaceTime with loved ones around the world//

// mounds of white cotton and brightly clad bodies on the red landscape //

// new music, it helps keep me going //