after one week in Benin...

We've been in Benin for over a week now. We know what to expect concerning living in West Africa. There's not many differences from one country to another. However, we've been pleasantly surprised with some things.

1. So far we've only lost power twice for long periods of time... and by long periods of time, I mean a few hours... not days.
2. Being in a former French colony means we get some GOOD bread. And today I calculated that I can buy a loaf of FRESH French bread for about 25 cents... not to mention I didn't even have to go to the store to buy it. The "bread lady" rang my door bell.
3. The restaurants. We found one called "Saloon" that is decorated like an old wild west saloon and serves BBQ. Who would've thought.
4. ICE CREAM. In Burkina Faso, we enjoyed ice cream from a shop called Festival des Glace and sure enough we have it here. In fact, we have 2 of them :)
5. They have wi-fi! Woohoo! No longer paying for internet by the hour or megabyte. We can now pay a flat fee for an entire month! It's still not as fast as America, but we can download things over a few days and it not cost a fortune.

We are all adjusting well to the time change. It only took Chandler 2 nights to be in the correct time zone. It took us longer! We plan to move into our house tomorrow. There are still a few things that need to be done, but that can be done while we're there. Our stuff is beginning to make it's way to us from Nigeria. Pray it makes it quickly & that they have no trouble on the way. We miss our couch & recliner :) No, but really, we cannot wait for our stuff to get here and really make our house into our home.