How many times can a wall fall... at least twice.

Okay FIRST I would like to apoligize for talking about the same thing in the two previous postes. On a similar note: we had another polio campaigne but vitamin A was also given out.

Next, on a work related matter. I gave me first talk about family planning in Moore! Over all it went really well and it felt really good to get it 'over with.' Personally it was a big hurdle...I feel self concious about my language skills but I think for my work it was best thing I could have done. I will continue to feel awkward speaking the local language for some time but it can only get better. I am planning an other at the end of the month.

I went into Ouagadougou to help with the Project Plan Review and when I returned I brought back a friend... her name is Halley.. It was both fun and stressful to have a visiter it was just two nights. BUT when we pulled up in the bush taxi I was ready to be like "HALLEY, there's my house isn't it cute?!" Then I did a double take... I feel like my courtyard is missing a wall...

I was shocked... sad... and shocked again.

SO while Halley was in my village I didn't have a wall however people were tell me that I should get a wall ASAP. Halley left on a Friday... Saturday the mud bricks came... Sunday morning I went out on another polio campaigne and when I came back my wall was almost finished. The workers finished up and left... I was feeling happy. I HAVE MY PRIVACY BACK... I started to relax and I was so exhausted from Halley's visit I decided to take a nap inside... As I am about to dose off... CRASH... My initial thought... you have got to be kidding... lets hope it wasn't the whole wall...

Well is was... I call some people and the same guy came back with this friend and the repaired my wall AGAIN. Here is the finished product... it wasn't easy. After my wall was finished later the Sunday evening my friend Katie came for a visit. I think my village really like having my visiters. It made me feel good.

SO one thing that did cause me a little bit of stress was the fact that I am growing trees in my courtyard and a fallen wall means that any animal can come in... Luckly my trees survived.

I am planting a Morina garden at my CSPS... Moringa is a type of tree that has a CRAZY amount of vitamins and minerals in its leaves. It is a great thing for peole here to use because they already use leaves in many of their sauces and also my region of Burkina Faso is very food insecure (for example during this time of year I can only find onions in my village and it is the end of mango season).