Fwd: Friday

> Today's update is not that exciting but it was a productive day. On our way to the PK 22 farm we passed all of the different main characters in the struggle here in the CAR. There was a large French military presence on the street today including a huge convoy of all kinds of vehicles heading out of town. Then we passed by the Seleka camp, then we passed through one of the main markets filled with Central Africans, then we passed through the Muslims only section of town, then a little ways out of town we pass by a couple machine gun toting Anti Balakas. So how was your commute today?!! We are thankful for God's continuing hands of protection each day as we try to accomplish our work. Once we arrive at PK 22 it's back to work. Today was really hot, my guess is over 100 but I know it has been cool at home so I won't complain too much. It is fun each day to work with the staff here and develop friendships while we work and even with the language barrier we have fun. Usually, I try to learn some Sango and then I try and teach them English, lots of laughter usually follows. In the afternoon Fabian and I got to take the tractor out to one of the fields and work the soil to make sure the tractor and equipment worked properly. I also wanted to continue training Fabian so he can run the tractor once I am gone. It was fun to see his smile as he saw each piece of equipment do its job, he commented that he wanted to now plant something in the nicely prepared soil. We in Wayne county Ohio or other rural places take it for granted what tractors can do. Most here have always cultivated by hand and have never seen a tractor work. We even drew a small crowd who watched us work in the field.
> Then it was back to our guesthouse retracing our interesting route, trying to see who would wave at me just for fun. Now it is time to try and relax and get ready for a busy day tomorrow. We will be doing a special project on a military base so it should be interesting. More on that in tomorrow's post.
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> Tim
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