And the weiner is...

Sorry to disappoint every one at home, but you're low on my Friend Totum Pole right now. Oh yes, there's major competition: Tessa and Annie are in the BF. Oh quit your whining and excuses... I kid because I love. No, you're still cool, man. I swear. But you gotta give these two ladies props for really showin' the love. We'll be visiting SuperCool places like Ghana, Mali and MyVillage (Bourzanga). So far, in one day they've had the "exotic" experiences of: falling in the mud, getting harassed by many strange men at one time, waiting seemingly forever in a line and hanging out with me. Aren't you jealous?

In older news, I went to a really fun Christmas In July In August Party hosted by Josh Yardley in the beautiful town of Bomborokuy. (See http://stephinbf.blogspot.com/2006/08/aside-from-starting-out-week-with-case.html for fun details including an amusing KaraStory.) I also worked my last week with the cool kids in Ouahigouya. They were teaching the whole time and I played the know-it-all volunteer who taught for only a year. It was good times and good eating (meaty chickens and egg salad-avocado sandwiches ahoy!)

So tomorrow we're heading up to Bourzanga to experience village life. Bye bye electricity. Hello flies. You probably won't hear from me in awhile. I'll be having too much fun doing fun things with fun people. Yes!

P.S. Yes, Evil Dead in French is awesome (especially at dusk with bats flying all around -- creepy!)