This photo is descriptive of more than can be analyzed in ten minutes worth of musing. It speaks volumes about our lives in Togo. Taking chances; hoping for the best; what will one more hurt; sure we can do it; we'll take what we can get; and "Are we there, yet?" These are all potentional captions for this picture. The driver is trying to calculate how much total he's going to receive for carrying everyone. The copilot is trying to figure out who he hasn't collected from. The riders are hoping to get a volume discount. Those hanging on are wondering if they can jump off before they have to pay. Then, there's one foreigner somewhere in the bowels of the mass who is hearing something in the suspension that isn't supposed to be there and he's thinking to himself that there is something wrong with this whole scene. All together it's kind of a crazy prospect going somewhere like Togo and sharing Jesus. Never a dull moment and a new challenge, or at least an old one revised, meets us daily. I've stopped resetting my bedside clock alarm because of all the power outages. Today was our second day without water. I hear a trickle arriving in our bathroom sink at this very minute. Now that's a good note to end my musing on.
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