On the 26th, I joined a few friends and we traveled to Togo and to Benin. We went to the border with Nigeria, but we did not cross over. It was my first time in French speaking West Africa and it was frustrating as I could not communicate myself. When the ship leadership decide we are going to a french speaking country, I will need to study and learn to be conversational in French. I was thankful for the hospitality of Daslin and her husband Ernest and for Clementine and her family.
Keith R. Brinkman
Serving with Mercy Ships
