Goodbye...for now

Just a turtle passing behind us as we sing on easter
 My student and friend from no-electricity town. (Thanks Davis' for letting me borrow not only one, but two of your cameras!)
 Some of my english club students
Cutest kid ever award...
Nope, just kidding. His sister wins.  
 A good friend and his fam. They're in Kenya now for treatment for his son there.
 After telling some stories. She's holding my 2nd proverb book. 
 Babies!
 These are some of my children here...love their mom's face!
 John de-feathering a chicken. 
 For man-camping time, we decided to grill two chickens. Frazer had to carry them alive by the legs through town on the back of John's motorcycle. I slaughtered one...I think the first chicken I ever killed. 
 Our grilling method...impaling it with a stick. 
 I love posing with little hands. (this is one of my favorite pictures...i make a good chicken)
 Pose with eyes closed!
 Davis' crazy face. 
 Turtle bones. This is a beach where they kill a bunch of 'em to eat. 
 We didn't eat this part...so we found it in the morning
 Ze feathers
 Sunrise
 The super colorful version of the camera I was using
 Morning tea
 We're really good at these selfies...shiny sun version
 Had a home picnic with my fam...bought 10 kilos of chicken to celebrate me leaving (they were just ready to get rid of me) Breadfruit on the left, chicken wings on the right. Super tiny ones...took forever to prepare
 Sister
 Mom
 Uncle I guess? I eat with him quite often.
 My neighbor ate all those chicken wings!
 The late-comers
 Grandma! She's so cool...really likes to watch out for me, gets mad if I don't come over to eat dinner and go hungry. Sent bread home with me for my fam. 
 Coming back from gathering firewood
 Not many people here raise ducks/geese...but some do
 Sometimes the girl carring a baby is like barely bigger than them. The secret is using the hip and holding them on the side. 
 John's new house...and our dear brother. 
 Bye bye motorcycle. Sold it last week. 
 Last day. Rained a lot in the morning before leaving. (My house) 
The steps of building a boat out of really soft wood. This boat is ginormous. My grandpa is making two to sell for weddings. It'll be used as a decoration and paraded through the streets with the other suitcases of clothes and gifts. 
 Next stage
 Now we got an upper deck. He spends around a month on these, uses no glue or nails. Only little wooden pins to hold things together. 
 Final stage...with the little people
Neighbor and student and her family


 Team trip to the waterfall
 Oh hey
 There she is...didn't get to spend too much time here as I had to rush down for a meeting right after
 Easter service. L got baptized!
 Exploring a sunken ship that was sailed by a french mercenary a while ago
Easter service!

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