Saturday

Greetings:
The internet at \hope Academy is down. Today is market day so I can spend some time at the \Nostalgia Cafe on their internet.
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Many were interested in the time of the flight. Total time in the air was about 14 hours. Less than 2 to JFK almost 8 toDakar Senegal, and more than 4 to Abuja. I got 1 1/2 hours sleep. We were introduced to the corruption in Nigeria when we were 20 minutes from our destination. So a 3 hour ride took us almost 5 hours. We were flagged down by Nail boarders whose job is to find out if you have all your necessary paperwork to drive in Nigeria. The name comes from the board with nails in it they put in front of your tires so you can't get away. They put large rocks and pieces of concrete in front of our back tires also. This story took 3 pages in my journal so will have to save it for when I get back. After more than an hour of haggling and paying a fine we were let go.
The children will all be back to school on Monday. I've met some wonderful people so far.My work will start some time next week. I've found already that - go with the flow- will take on a new meaning.
I can't find the quotation marks on this keyboard, and the shift key on the left is not in the same place as ours, so forgive the errors.
I've taken some good video of the grounds and pictures of the people. Once I get them onto my computer or flash drive I will try to post them.
I sat here for two hours with my laptop not working and the manager coming. I haven't seen him yet. Then the lady suggested I use her computer. So hopefully this will all go through alright.