all the corn

Bug proof

All my corn, wheat, beans, vonzjou, and anything else we don't want eaten by bugs goes in these plastic jugs.  they are between 50 and 70 lbs depending on what is in them.. sorghum is the heaviest.  on the head is the easiest way of getting it from where it was drying to the shed for storage.

making shea butter.. the white is the fat.

water anyone? my well .. 12 meters deep

sunset over the poluse E. WA

bug?

can you find the bug?

the middle southern part of Natitingou, Benin

Raffael looking at the charcoal we bought along the road. that is about 20 dollars worth of charcoal.

Solomon decided to take a sip out of the cup i had used to put corn flour into other containers after coming back from the mill.

the road heading down to the Winke neighborhood.

crossing the road to go home after church.

the building in the picture is part of the highschool(college ) in Natitingou.

burning the brush in Nov. a more or less controlled burn.

a taxi with lots of calibash on it.. on the road to cotonou.

this is david.. i named him david. i was there for his birth.. i held him when he was still covered in mucus and saved his life by wiping a ball of mucus from his mouth. i put him to his mother's breast to nurse for the first time.

sourkrout anyone? it should be ready in a week or so.

this is severin with a "popper" where they put in a match head between to metal pieces and then tap it on the cement and it pops.. really loud..

cashew fruit

it is cashew fruit here in benin.

robert and joel's baby. friends from pelima

God calls upon you to believe. Heed His voice. Cease talking of the wrath of God and talk of His compassion and His abundant mercy. Jesus sits as a refiner and purifier of silver. The furnace in which you may be placed may be very hot, yet you will come forth as gold seven times purified, reflecting the image of Jesus. Have courage. Look up, believe, and you shall see of the salvation of God. {HP 119.5}

vaccinating the chickens against newcastle disease