Good bye boys

This post is mostly dedicated to the home I just left and the boys I left behind. It was very hard to leave and I miss the boys a lot but I want to focus on the good times I had there so here are some photos from the last weeks...



I went with my base leader from Norway and another missionary to Timbuktu, Leif quite enjoyed the off road driving he got a chance to do. It was nice to get away for a bit but that trip proved to be quite a turning point in my decision to leave.



Sandra and I decided to go on a picnic on our motos, so we went for a drive down the road out of town until we found a nice shady spot to stop...



As you can see there was plenty of shade to choose from!



But we did manage to find a good spot, off the road a bit and under a tree. We had a great time and I wish we had done it more often. It was so nice to get out of 'town' for a bit and into the stillness of the bush (well here they call it the bush, I guess we would call it the desert!).



Unfortunately there is a down side to motos, this burn was quite nasty and very painful for quite some time. Of course it is all a design fault and nothing to do with the rider, although in my defense someone else was driving and I was a passenger and I got off on uneven ground.



This is me at the local market, just thought I would give you a bit more of an idea of where I was living, as you can see I really stand out like a sore thumb, even wearing African clothes wouldn't help!



It is amazing the things women will carry on their heads, I mean don't they see the case has wheels! Granted they wouldn't do too well on the sand.



This is little Yero asking for a bath, he literally brings me the bucket and soap, very cute and it is too hard to refuse him when he does this.



One of the boys getting a hair cut from one of the older boys. They just use a razor blade and yes there is often a few extra bumps on the head by the end of it.



We have had a pile of mud out the front of our house for repairs to the mud roof, and the boys make the most of it to make cars, trucks and motor bikes.



They have talent and get quite creative. It is quite amusing to see the bigger boys, 15/16 years, running around the yard towing a mud car on a string but I am happy they get a chance to play.



They also make clay animals, these obviously are camels, they also make dogs, donkeys, cows... almost anything.



This is Boura, he has just gone home to his family in a village, I am happy he will now have quite a different lifestyle but it was sad saying good bye to him as I don't think I will ever see him again :(


And so ends my time there, well maybe it hasn't ended, it may just be on hold - time will tell.