Monday Work

Today we spent most of the time downtown trying to find parts so we can finish up a couple of projects before we leave. We were able to find a battery ($170.00) and a trickle charger ($120.00) so you can see things are very expensive over here, and it takes most of the day to find exactly what you are looking for. We got the lights finished off the best we can, and after dinner tonight, we will install the new gas stove. We have Haricout Congolese for lunch with Fu Fu, and tonight we are headed off to an old friends house who lives in town for dinner. It is hard to believe that our time in Congo is almost over. We have really been enoying ourselves, a bit frustrated at times with the way things are just so hard to do and make happen, and very humbled by how well we really have it in the States. Power and water, things we take for granted, come and go at a whim here, and everything takes time, a long time. Tomorrow we will finish what we can, then we are off the the old ivory market, and to a couple other gift "stores" or markets before we pack up.