it was not easy to leave 2 years ago to come here, to a strange and new place, and it is not easy to leave what is now a familiar place with friends and colleagues. We are at least enjoying several dinners out these days with various friends, two dinners today even.We have less than 1 week before our departure from Niger, with a stopover in France, then arriving in Toronto, God willing.
Its been a very successful 2 years all in all. At least with the expectation of a new baby, we have a good excuse for our Nigerien friends why we want to go back to Canada. Niger certainly is known for poor medical care and especially for maternal problems.
Christine figures she will miss living on the farm (Niamey); you'd have to live here to understand that. A farm with camels no less!
Here's some recent photos - taken when Christine accompanyed Tim to projects at SP sites in Bani-Bangou BB land. The tent photo above - is taken at our SP office base in BB. We sleep in tents or on cots outside. No travel luxuries here.The other photo is Tim with an SP supervisor ayouba for the BSF water filter construction, along with some filters at a village construction site.
Mmmmm clean water, much better than drinking straight out of the pond.
We are hoping that it will be warm in Canada, we are used to a lot of heat out here.
A bientot
