August 31 -- Adventures -- Kara, Togo

Good Morning,  sadly, no coffee this morning.  We drove and drove yesterday.  We left Lomé about 7:30 AM and drove to Wahala, Togo.  Ken stayed in Lomé to solve a problem with getting his Benin visa.  Christophe, Winner and I with our driver arrived Wahala a bit before 10:00.  We shared with the people { Whoa, interrupted writing to watch Christophe kill a cobra snake just outside our room.} As I was saying we shared with the people about the changing purposes of God.  We emphasized the importance of our finding the purposes of God for our own generation and of preparing our children for the purposes of God for their generation.  Afterward we had a question and answer time that made the meeting which was supposed to end at noon last until about 1:30 PM.  After that we took about a half hour to get the car moving out of the soft mud and then drove a friend go Christophe and his grandson to the town where they live about 40 km away.  Finally we were ready to find lunch.  We stopped at a very fine hotel dining room. With white table cloths and nice wine glasses I was very hopeful.  Alas, I learned once again that the African concept of a fine beef steak is very very different from the American concept.  Note to self:  NEVER order beef in Africa.

We drove on.  Second note to self:  When driving in Africa try to arrive before dark.  We arrived in Kara close to 9:00 PM and were led to the compound operated by Roman Catholics.  We soon settled in to sleep.  Winner and Christophe in the double bed and myself in the twin size one.  We did not let the lack of sheets or pillow cases bother us.  We put down the mosquito nets and crawled into bed.  I went quickly to sleep.  One of the others took a shower.  Thus, when I was up during the night I discovered the bathroom was flooded with water.  Apparently the builders forgot to put a slope in the floor so it would drain properly.  

We have discovered that this huge compound has no place to eat.  So we have decided that we will skip breakfast and go to a restaurant for lunch and after lunch go on to the meeting place for the 3:00 PM meeting.

His, thus Yours,

 Stuart