Welcome Newbies

In March-April, my community got a new Pastor for the Presbyterian Church. Along with him came 7 children, a wife, and an incredibly cute puppy, which I have named Sam. For the most part I like him. Although he talks about a mile-a-minute when speaking at the pulpit, so I am only able to catch about every 10 words he is talking about, his voice is deep, smooth and strangely reminds me of a narrator for a children’s story; I like it. He has a daughter, named Elsie, who for the longest time I didn’t know, so I just thought people were mis-prouncing my name, which I would proceed to correct them every time just to find out they were talking about her and not me. Oh well. But she is a very nice girl, who strangely enough likes to sit close, yet not close enough so I would notice her (which of course doesn’t work), and listen to my phone conversations. Peace Corps = No Privacy.

  Also, we had 3 New Vol’s come from the country of Mali, which closed down due to a new revolution and civil unrest, I believe. Greeting them at the airport and watching them go through their mini-PST, makes me feel really strange. Realizing that I have actually been here for almost a year now, and am almost a part of the ‘old’ group, makes me want to pinch myself; and yet, on the other hand, it is really exciting, and I can’t wait to see who will be joining us in the next few months.

Pastor Baptizing a Smol Nephew