Last night we had a dinner at the riverside with friends and it was lovely. The breeze was cool and sufficient to keep us comfortable and the company was great. It is amazing how an evening outside can make you feel so content.
I'm continuing to work with great intensity to get the quilts finished before we leave next Monday for our home leave. I don't know why it is that I always let things pile up until I'm under pressure to finish them before I miss my deadline. It is really crazy.....but it is what it is and I will finish on time. It seems that since this is Tuesday and we don't leave until next week it would be easy to get things done but since the shuttle flight between Soyo and Luanda, the capital, is so small, we have to send our suitcases early to make sure they have space and can get them to Luanda for our flight. Then we will leave with just a very small hand carry and when we are met at the airport in Luanda, our bags will be there too. So this is the pressure to get things done by the end of today.....and it is a significant amount to do....and what am I doing????? I'm talking about this on my blog.......see?????? adding to the pressure.......
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| Jim, Sarah and Bryan |
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I did want to note on this blog and great new addition here. There is a young couple that is here to head up an English speaking Church. Eduardo is from Angola and is wife, Sarah is from Uganda and they have a dear little boy, Bez....two years old and a sweetheart..... We meet weekly at the Nempanzu Hotel for a church service. This I find really does make our place here seem more like home. Bryan helps with guitar and the music and this is something we have done many places in the world. Jim, one of the men who work rotation here also plays when he is in country. The church is made up of mainly Angolans that speak or are learning English and it is a nice time of fellowship. What I wish is that they would sing some of the Angolan Christian music since the harmonies are so wonderful but right now it is all English language Praise and Worship music. This is also great music..
Well, I must get going on the quilting so will have to go but will take a picture of the quilt when it is finished....
I am enjoying your blog about life in Soyo. My son currently lives in the East Bay and has accepted a rotation job in Soyo (28 on, 28 off), so I am searching the internet for any information I can find on the living conditions there. This is how I came across your blog. There is little information available on line about this area, but your blog has given me a bit of feel for the culture. I think this will be an interesting experience for him.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you in your Hospice work and thank you for sharing your experiences in Soyo.
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Angola? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Angola in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia,39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez