David And Michelle

I had not anticipated having another post like this but I had a fun experience the other day that merits writing about. Last Friday morning I went spearfishing with a couple of students here. We had a nice time though the water was quite cloudy and therefore we could not see much past the tips of the spearguns. After realizing our defeat (once again) in the world of spearfishing we decided to do something we knew we would succeed at like laying on the beach. But while we were walking back from the spearfishing spot one of the boy's sandals got caught on a rock and broke. While some might think that he now was going to have to spend the rest of the day shoeless, he saw a great opportunity. You see, he spotted an old mo-ped tire on the rocks. As I saw him walking toward me holding this thing I wondered what he planning to do with it. I soon saw his plan and I must say it was quite smart. He pulled out his trusty Buck knife and began cutting the tire in strips that would match his foot size. He then cut small holes in the mid-front and both sides of the back. After this he removed the the old "thong" part of his broken flip-flops and attached them via the newly cut holes in the tire parts. Amazingly the new tread shoes were not at all uncomfortable and they actually looked really cool. I was secretly jealous that I had not thought of the idea and that I did not have cool new tread shoes.

note: photos coming soon. I just realized that both these posts have had to do with shoes... How odd.

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Tonight as we were sitting around after devotions talking to one of the girls, whose parents had just arrived back from the States, she said that she had some new cleats. I said I would like to see them because I think new shoes (especially cleats) are kind of cool. When she came out all of us without any consideration immediately dug our noses directly into the shoes. Was this some weird fascination with smelly feet? Was it some kind of a ritual known only to MKs? Well, not exactly... You see new shoes smell like the States (specifically Wal-Mart according to one 10th grader). It brought me back to the times when we would get a Plen-T-Pak of Juicy Fruit and we would enjoy the smell of the plastic wrapping and the wonderful scent of the gum almost as much as we enjoyed chewing it (about one piece every 1 - 2 weeks). The same was true of anything from toys to office supplies that mom and dad would get in; we had to stick our little noses right up to it sometimes but we could sniff out America. The girls ended up sitting there for a while discussing the smell of Wal-Mart and of course some small talk about how useful the new cleats would be.

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For the past few weeks I have been adding some photos to our posts. The pictures are not mine they are stock photos from a free stock photography website I found. Just wanted to clarify in case anyone thought I had suddenly gained a lot of skill in photography.

To check out the stock photo website click this link.

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Today is the last chance for Senegal to qualify for the FIFA World Cup (soccer). If Senegal wins the match today against Mali and Togo loses or draws their match against Congo then Senegal will qualify for the World Cup. This is, of course, very exciting news here since their last World Cup appearance was outstanding with their defeat of then reigning World Cup champions France. We are all excited to see what will happen. My hopes are not too high for them but it will be exciting to see what comes of it all.

note: the significance of the photo is that the Senegalese team is referred to as The Lions of Terranga.

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