Thursday, May 22, 2008

Bonjour,

This morning, we went into Anyama to run a couple errands before heading

to Abidjan. The mechanic was doing some work on Dan Post’s vehicle

today. When they were taking things apart, the timing belt fell apart.

So, the mechanic rode into Abidjan with us. We dropped him off at an exit.

We went to the bulk food store. Then, we went to the grocery store. We

met Tammy and Lenell for lunch. We waited for them for quite awhile.

We tried a new restaurant today. It was very good.

After lunch, Lenell came with us. We went to the computer store with

Lenell’s computer. She accidentally plugged it in instead of her

printer. It was on the 110 setting instead of the 220 setting; so, it

blew her power supply. The computer man hadn’t seen a computer that new

and said that a new power supply would not be available anywhere in

Africa. But, he thought that they could fix it. After an hour or so,

they had it back up and running. The owner of the store speaks English

very well. He was getting a kick out of listening to Gilbert and

Danny. Gilbert was playing hide and seek with Aunt Nell, but he kept

hiding in the same place each time.

Lenell was trying to keep the boys occupied while we were at the

computer store. She was counting boxes with Gilbert. A few minutes

later, Danny was touching the boxes and counted to five.

By the time we finished there, it was almost supper time. We stopped to

order some pizzas and took them home. Lenell ate supper with us.

Danny wanted to hold Joe’s cell phone. He said, “Phone please.” Joe

let him hold the phone for a minute. As soon as Gilbert saw that Danny

had the phone, he headed toward Danny. Danny held the phone above his

head and said, “Get back!” He’s no dummy! : )

We thought that the boys would crash early tonight since they missed

their naps, but they kept going strong. Danny went down about 20:30,

and Gilbert lasted until 21:00.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny