Amazing.
I really hope you are ready for good long read. It's time for a big ole blog post with scads of photos and lots of info on what happened in our last two weeks in Togo. Ready, set, go! I already told you about the long trip there with our church team and what a sweet reunion I had with Nate and the boys. It was awesome. So let's pick it up after that. The Stoney Creek team was great -- they worked so hard and got a lot done. But they did come to understand a little traditional saying we have here in Mango: WAWA. West Africa Wins Again. Despite their best efforts, their dedicated work ethic, their hopes, prayers and moments of frustration, sometimes you just can't win in West Africa. People's Exhibit A: Ralph (a mechanic from our church team) and the Packer On Day One of work Ralph set out to fix the Wacker-Neuson tamper/packer thing. (This machine is critical to the construction project and has been broken down for so