Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The days are flying by real fast here! Last weekend I was able to visit a beach nearby that was on the safe list(SOOOOO beautiful).
Also I was able to get to another market. It was CRAZY busy. Full of people! So the people were not hassling us so much since we were not the only ones. We went to several shops to look at fabrics. Some of the ladies are having African dresses made to take home.

The woman here in Togo are amazing.. They carry everything on their heads! I am wondering if they often have headaches? We saw a woman in one of the markets walking around with chickens in a large bowl on her head! The chickens were very scrawny.. But anyways.. We were so amazed that we asked if we could take a picture of her with the chickens on her head. She said no, but allowed us to try out how it feels to carry chickens that way. Ok.. Very HEAVY. :) 
 We've been super busy at the dental clinic so far this week! Today we had another dentist join us! So now we have 3 dentists! And for a little while only 2 assistants. Luckily our day workers(translators) also are trained to do some assisting. We were able to do a couple fillings today on some teeth.. That's always a nice change instead of extracting teeth. It's amazing how difficult some of the extractions can be. We can sometimes spend over an hour trying to get one tooth out. Makes the day go a little slower if we get stuck. But our dentists can take out ANY tooth. :) They are quite amazing! The whole room will always know when we remove a difficult tooth because there is a loud chorus of "HALLELUJAH" . :) Sometimes the patient will join us in the singing. :)
Still have not tried the fufu African food. But tomorrow I am having an African dish at the dental clinic. There is a little restaurant right next to us that the day workers get their food at.

This weekend some of our day workers will take us up to Palme to see some Waterfalls! It's a two and half hour ride by bus. Should be loads of fun!

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for keeping a journal, Karen! I enjoy hearing about other's interesting experiences. And of course, seeing the pictures. It sounds like you are having a great time (other than the shopping.... :) Will be following along. May God watch over you and bless you, as you are helping these people.

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  2. Riley doesn't like looking at your picture she says it makes her sad! She misses you so much! But I say keep up the good work the pictures are beautiful and so are you! Cal says hi! We love you! Riley says Happy Valentines day!

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  3. Sounds amazing! I am so excited for you Karen! :-) Skype sometime soon?

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