(Paul) In Africa there are always very nice nice villages and villages that were clearly under the control of dark and evil powers. Plandabalabo was definitely one of the latter. Their drums beat all night while the young men got hammered on Cane Juice (sugarcane whisky). The people were uncharacteristically cruel and deceptive -- often at odds with ENI Mission over the oddest things, like accusing dad of poisoning their sickly cows and a short term missionary lady of being a white witch.
It was interesting walking thru the village once again - this time with my family. Things had changed, the mission and the witness of Christ had definitely had an influence on these people over time. There were two prominent new churches, brightly painted right in the middle of the village. The town's Clam Chief was our former cook, Robert Chaie, and the town Mayor was a former Cub Scout buddy of me and Palmer, Junior.
Bess with her favorite village pet - a goat.
Paul with Robert Chaie holding a Cocoa pod that chocolate comes from and what the unique Coke bottle was designed from. No. There's not any chocolate in Coke, but the artist commissioned to design the CocaCola bottle looked up the wrong picture. True story from the Coke museum in Atlanta!
The huts in this area are unique with the bamboo mat sides.
The trail back to ENI mission. The children followed us everywhere we went.
Levi next to a rubber tree. We used to make rubber bouncy balls from the sap.
The little girl in red is holding a Liberian bush baby doll. It's made from bamboo with hair to braid at the top.
The children love to see themselves on a camera.
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