Monday, September 22, 2014

Alex in Togo



So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre

Beatrice Magre magrebeatrice@gmail.com

10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.
Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:
When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...
That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.
I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.
IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.
Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.
Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:
my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.
and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.
im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!
i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible
elder alex magre



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