A lot of progress has been made in the month or so since the last post. Work began on our huts after the last trip, and we now have two large huts and a ligdabe (I can’t figure out what to call this in English. It’s basically a standalone structure to provide shade made from wood and grass mats.) We have a pit toilet dug. Abdoulaye left today to go and put up one more ligdabe and a grass fence around the plot to give us a little privacy. Oh, and doors for our huts. I’m in N’Djamena right now after dropping my Mom and her friend off at the airport, but I return tomorrow to Abeche and we hope to be in the village by the end of the week for a week-long stay. Kimberly has been to the market to buy the household items we need to set up there. We bought a few more mats and blankets (it’s COLD at night right now).
