The big news of the day was the downpour last night - accompanied by lightening, blackout, and preceded by an impressive dust-storm. The amount of dust in the air reflected the flash so the photo is not rain as it may look like. It was great having a cool night for sleeping finally.
I was at IMS in the morning to meet the students and listen to a Gospel Recordings presentation. I was able to discuss a bit more about my involvement in the future in the missions courses, start looking at what needs doing in the library (i.e. three bookcases), eat a bit of rice and sauce for lunch and accompany them to the Christian bookstore where I picked up a kids' book (a mystery) based in Benin, a French study bible and a cover for my little English bible.
Josiane, IMS' secretary/book-keeper, has kindly offered to introduce me to the best local market. I hope to get to IMS alone with my legs and taxis where I can find them for the first time tomorrow, leaving plenty of time for the trip.
I've been asked to take over an evening Bible class, and have been able to book an office car for the trip since it's out of office hours. I think I start this week, so I better start preparing soon!
