Au Revoir, Côte d'Ivoire - Manhattan Beach, California

Hi everyone! Surprise! I'm in America. 

As you know, I’d fallen pretty sick during January and February and was brought down to Abidjan towards the beginning of March in order to get some answers and, we had hoped, solutions to my health problems. 

I spent two weeks with the office Elders while I was being tested. All the while consulting with my parents and my Mission  President. When the results came back, we didn’t receive any satisfying explanation. It was clear, however, that staying in Côte d’Ivoire and trying to push through the pain like I’d been doing for so long would possibly result in life-long health issues. 

So after a lot of prayers and a lot of blessings, we all felt that it was time for me to come home. 

A month ago today, I landed in Los Angeles and was reunited with my wonderful family. It’s been a long month filled with medical appointments. Adjusting to America had been a lot more difficult than I expected it to be. Especially so considering how abrupt my return was.

One thing that I’ve come to learn over the course of this month is that, as devastated as I was, and am, to have had to return early, I know that the Lord is still satisfied with my service. I did all that I could to give my all to Him while I was in Côte d’Ivoire. A part of my heart has been left there. It will always be a part of me. 

I’m not sure what my next step will be. For now, it seems that I still have a lot of medical appointments in my future. I hope that we’ll have some answers soon. I’m already feeling much better and much stronger than I did a month ago. 

Thank you all for supporting me during the last year and a half. I am so grateful for you all. 

I love you all! God has a plan for us all, no matter how many surprises and twists may come along the path that he sets out for us. Just keep going and do your best to seek out and follow His will. 

Love,

Thomas Farr

If you want to reach out, my personal email is tjfarr3@gmail.com

President and Sister Bendixsen

Sister Fortie (Sister Bendixsen's Sister)

Leaving Abidjan

Welcome Home, Elder Farr!

An Unexpected Detour - Abidjan,Côte d'Ivoire

What a week. So for those of you who don't know, I've been sick to varying degrees over the last couple of months. Last Monday I got a call from President Bendixsen letting me know that I was being transfered down to Abidjan to go to the hospital where we can, hopefully, figure out what's been going on.

So on Thursday, Elder HoChing and I packed up our bags and left our little village for the last time. I'm sad that my time in Ahoutoué has come to such an abrupt end, but I'm glad to be here where I can get some actual medical care.

After I had a couple of days of testing, Elder HoChing was transferred to another area where he will spend the rest of the transfer. It was sad to see him go but I'm glad that he will be able to get back to work.

For the time being, I'm with the office Elders. It might yet be a couple of weeks before we are able to get everything situated and I'll be transferred to a more permanent area. But for now, I'll be working with he office Elders down here in Abidjan while I get my testing and, eventually, treatment for whatever business is going on inside me.

This wasn't exactly the direction that I though my mission would go at this point. Regardless, I am already seeing a lot of the blessings that are coming from this slight detour. Soon enough, I will be better and be right back to work.

One pro is that I'll get to spend my birthday in Abidjan later this week. Anything to make it better than last year's birthday when I was stuck inside the apartment with no water or electricity in a village out in the middle of nowhere.

I pray that I will get some results back from the hospital soon and that whatever the problem is will be treatable from here. I put my trust fully in the Lord and in His plan for me.

Have a great week! 

Elder Farr

One Year A Foreigner - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

It's been a good week. Right at the end of last pday, the other Elders in the apartment got a call that they were to be split up mid-transfer to train to knew Elders from the Congo. On Wednesday, they came back to the apartment with their new companions, Elder Mahata and Elder Kabongo. It's been fun having a couple of French-speaking Elders in the apartment again.

Other than that, we've had a good week meeting with our amis and finding some good new ones. I really do love the people here. Going out and meeting new people is such a great joy. Every day, we find a new trail that we haven't found and walk down it until we find to what or to whom it leads. We've had some great experiences at the end of some of those trails. This village is so fun.

This week I hit one year in Côte d'ivoire! I love this place more than I ever thought I would. This has truly become my home. 

That's all for this week, love you all!

Elder Farr 

The Pig Man - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey everyone! Here's a bit of an update on what's been going on for the last month:

I'm still in Ahoutoué with Elder HoChing. The work here has started to get a lot better. It was pretty rough for the first few weeks. We arrived to find a pretty dead area. But since then, the work has started to pick up some good speed.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a lesson fall through and I was showing Elder HoChing a cool part of the jungle that I had found with another Elder when we went on exchanges. Eventually, we reached a dead end on our trial and we stopped for a minute to look at all of the beauty around us. (I don't think that I've mentioned it much, but Ahoutoué is completely surrounded by the most beautiful jungle). A few minutes go by and we hear somebody calling out to us. We'll after we respond, a man comes walking out into view on a hill a little ways off. He asked us if we taught about Jesus and we said that we do. He invited us to come to his house.

All of the land between us and the hill where he and his house were was marsh. Regardless, we had been invited over and we were determined to fulfill the invitation. So we found what seemed to be the least muddy path and batted away the trees that crowded it. Arriving at the man's house, we found that he has about a dozen pigs or so. We walked with him for a moment as he explained to us what he was doing as he worked with his pigs. After a few minutes, we all sat down and started talking.

The man told us that his name is Ibrahim. Ibrahim is more interested and serious about learning the Gospel than probably anybody else that I've met here in Ahoutoué. He's brilliant. Since we met him, he's come to church a couple of times and he's read nearly the entire Book of Mormon! I'm so happy that we met Ibrahim. He's been a great blessing to my life in the short time that I've known him.

One of the Elders in my apartment often says that we forget to ask for the things that we want. We forget that we have a 24/7 hotline for absolutely any need we might have. We need only ask. I've prayed many times during my mission to be able to find people just like Ibrahim. And on many occasions, that prayer has been granted. Heavenly Father desires to bless us and to help us be a blessing to others. We need only ask.

I love you all. More importantly, your Savoir loves you all. Look to him and you will find true joy. 

Elder Farr

I'm Alive - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey there folks, here's a very short email for lack of time. I'm still alive, still in Côte d'ivoire, and still loving it. I'm serving in Ahoutoué with Elder HoChing for one more transfer. I'm loving the village life. I've spent most of my mission serving in small villages like this and I hope that that stays the case. Anyway, I'll be sure to write more in-depth stories next time around. Love ya!

Elder Farr

Elephants, Malaria, and a Blind Man - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

Bonjour tout le monde! 

It's been a few weeks, but I'm alive and well. Here are some of the highlights since my last email:

We went to the zoo as a zone. They had all kinds of animals from all over Côte d'Ivoire. It was really cool to be together as a zone. I finally fulfilled my long-standing goal of seeing an elephant in Côte d'Ivoire. 

I was sick for about a week and a half with what they suspect was malaria. So that was exciting. We were stuck inside for days on end and it got really boring. I mean, not for me, I was either asleep or on the toilet, but Elder HoChing must have been bored out of his mind that week. Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better now and things are back to normal.

The last week and a half since that sickness ended and we got back out to secteur has been one of the best parts of my mission. Something about being locked up for such a long time made me really start appreciating the days that I get to go out and do missionary work. We have found so many opportunities to serve others. On our first day back out, we helped a group of boys throw a pile of logs and branches up to the hill where they were building a house. We've become village-wide legends for it. And thanks to that, we have been given more and more opportunities to serve. It's been a great week.

We spent quite a bit of time out in Ahoué, our second branch that only has two active members. With every formerly-active member that we meet and talk to, it seems that we're uncovering layer after layer of the mystery of what happened to this branch. We're trying our best to help these people rediscover their faith in Christ. We've met some amazing people in the process.

While on an exchange with Elder Nelson in a village called Memni, I met a member named Frère Jonas. Jonas has been working alongside the missionaries for more than five years now. Probably the first thing that you'll notice about him is that he's completely blind. Despite it, he walked us around that village and took us from house to house, person to person, as if he cod see them all perfectly. He's a brilliant man. We helped him out by taking his water buckets to the river about 10 minutes from his house. We filled the buckets with water and carried them back to his house by carrying them between us on a bamboo stick. 

There is a great work for us to do here. I'm grateful everyday that I have the opportunity to do it. There is nowhere that I'd rather be than right here. 

I hope you all have a great week,

Elder Farr

Christ Nous Souleve - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

Bonjour tout le monde,

It's been a pretty good week over here in our little village. This secteur is a lot different than any of the others that I've been in here in Côte d'Ivoire. There's a surprising lack of interest in the Gospel in this village. That being said, we have been blessed to find some of the people here who have a real, genuine interest to learn of and follow Christ. Through all of the frustration and all of the trials, I've learned a lot. For example, in all of the lessons that we have had over the last couple of weeks I've felt the spirit guiding us perhaps more than in any other time on my mission. It might be difficult sometimes, but we're being helped and lifted through it.

I hope you all have a fantastic week,

Elder Farr

A Two-Person Branch - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

It's been a crazy week trying to figure out this new secteur. Elder HoChing and I have been putting in all of our efforts to get it started up.

At the beginning of the week we faced a lot more rejection than I'd ever faced here in Côte d'Ivoire. It was really discouraging. Especially considering that we didn't know anybody in our little village.

Later in the week though, things started to turn around. On Thursday we found 10 new amis who we are really excited about. Everything is starting to turn around. I'm starting to love this little village. 

We went on a walk the other day that took us through the most beautiful jungle I've ever seen. It was amazing.

On Sunday we took the long, two-hour journey to our second branch. We were a bit late to the meeting and were embarrassed to have to walk in late in front of all of the members of our new branch. We heard the branch président speaking to everyone as we approached he building. Based off of the intensity and power in his voice, we were sure that there was a full congregation of people in there with him.

To our surprise, he was preaching to a congregation of one. As we came to find out, the branch président and his wife are the only active members of that branch. That was a humbling experience. We have a lot of work to do bringing these members back to the Gospel.

I'm so excited about all of the things that are ahead here. 

Elder Farr

Meeting Legends - Ahoutoué, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey everyone! Its been a crazy week.

I got transferred to a tiny village called Ahoutoué on Saturday. It's a bit of a change from my last area but it also feels like a bit of a return to pace. Serving in tiny villages is always the best. 

Elder Leight and I got news on Thursday that we would be moving to the same apartment to train a couple of new Elders. Friday was spent going from house to house and breaking the news to all of our amis and members from Atlantique and Aéro-cité. There were a few really difficult goodbyes.

I think the hardest goodbye was with Frère Koffi. Elder Leight and I found him my first day in that area. Over the last 3 months, he has become more converted to the Gospel than any other ami that I've worked with. He was sad to see us go and said "Je ne vais jamais vous oublier," or, "I will never forget you."

On Saturday, we met our new trainees and made our way to Alépé, the village where our apartment is. My companion is named Elder Ho Ching and he's from California. It's really fun to be with a new Elder. We have a few tiny villages that we cover and I'm really excited to get to know them.

Yesterday we had our first sacrament meeting with one of our branches. The branch is very small, only a dozen or people or so, but all of those people are really awesome, dedicated members.

In that sacrament meeting, I met two people that I've been waiting to meet for a long time. Phillipe and Annelies Assard were the first members in Côte d'Ivoire. Phillipe left for Germany in the 70s for school. While there, he met and married Annelies. After meeting the missionaries and being baptized, they moved to Côte d'Ivoire to bring the Gospel to Phillipe's homeland. 

Ever since I read about their story at the beginning of my mission, I've wanted nothing more than to have the opportunity to shake their hands. 

Yesterday, Elder Ho Ching and I were the first to arrive at our small church building in Ahoutoué. Not long after who walked in but none other than Phillipe and Annelies Assard.

Of all of the places that they could have chosen to live, they live in Ahoutoué, the smallest village you've ever seen. It was so amazing to meet them and to be a part of the small branch with them.

This week has been really good. I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead in our little village. 

Thank you all and have a great week, 

Elder Farr

Feliz Navidad - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Joyeux Noël! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas last week.

I am elated to say that my Christmas was very merry. We did everything that we could to really make it feel like Christmas and, to our luck, it worked. 

We had a few events that really helped to make the weekend jolly. The first was a mission devotional on Christmas Eve that we had with half of the mission. I had the chance to sing in a quartet with a couple of other Elders. It was great to see so many Elders that I dont get to see so often.

On Christmas we were invited to a branch party on the other side of our zone. We traveled with a few other missionaries to the village and ate and celebrated with the members of that branch. I also won a viscous game of musical chairs against the other Elders.

Later that day, we met with some members in one of our wards for a Christmas dinner. We walked inside to find enough food for 6 men on the table for the two of us. We did our best to eat as much as we could out of fear of being found rude. We had a great visit with the family and learned a lot more about their story and journey with the gospel and the church.

It was a great week with a great Christmas. I hope you all have a fantastic New Year.

See you all next year,

Elder Farr

Merry (almost) Christmas - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Bonjour! I hope you've all had a great couple of weeks.

We've been working really hard out here in Aero-cité. I've been focusing especially hard lately on changing up the way that I teach. When I was first learning French, it was a bit too easy to learn just one way of teaching things. It was more comfortable. But now I've been tasked with getting off of my habits and explaining things in a different way. Since doing so, the spirit has been invited so much more fully and powerfully into our lessons. I've loved the experience.

We're getting excited for Christmas. Christmas, as would be expected, is a bit different here. Not much is done to celebrate it. So we've had to put in a bit of extra effort to really make it feel like Christmas. We've been having fun with it. Since last Christmas, my relationship with Christ has grown exponentially. It makes me appreciate the holiday much more. I love my Savoir so much and I am so grateful for Him.

I hope you all have a great Christmas!

Joyeux Noël,

Elder Farr

we got dumped :-( - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey everyone! We had another good week.

On Wednesday we had Zone Conference. We talk a lot about the way that we teach and how we can improve it to better invite the spirit. It really peaked my drive and motivation to get out and get working. I love this work so much.

On Saturday we received some good news and some bad news. 

The bad news, and the subject of this email, was that our friend, who was preparing to be baptized in a couple of weeks, told us that she has instead returned to her old church. Lucky for us though, she still wants to meet with us. We are really praying that everything will work with her.

The good news is that our friend, Prince, who has been coming to church consistently for about 5 months, finally has the plans for his wedding finalized. After the wedding in a couple of weeks, he wont have anything else keeping him from being baptized like he's wanted for so long. We are super excited for him!

That's about all for this week.

À la prochaine,

Elder Farr

On Nage Comme Des Sirènes - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Bonjour tout le monde!

It's been another great week here in Côte d'Ivoire. We've been able to make some great progress with a lot of the families that we've been working with. We've also found some great new friends that we're really excited about.

A big issue that faces us here in Côte d'Ivoire is marriage. Here, there is a cultural form of marriage that is separate from legal marriage. As such, many people opt to do the cultural marriage without going through the trouble of a legal marriage. It's a complication that I've dealt with many times since I got here. Right now we are working with a lot of families who have the same issue. They all have such great testimonies so we are hoping and praying that these weddings work out. This is admittedly not a part of missionary work that I had to deal with in the States. 

This week has been heavy with rainstorms. The roads have been more flooded than I've ever seen them. Every day we've had to jump from rock to rock or wade through the water to get to our appointments. Many of our amis have been astonished that we even took the effort to travel to their house through all of the rain and flooding. At the end of the day, it makes the work much more interesting.

I've started to really feel like I'm at home in these two wards. I've started to grow really close to the members and amis here. I hope with all of my heart that I will get to stay here a bit longer than I got to stay in my last couple of areas. I really want to be able to make my mark here. I love these people so so much.

That's all for this week. See y'all next time!

Elder Farr

Un An!!!!! - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

One year in, and the mission only continues to get better. I love it here and I am so grateful for every experience that I've had so far.

A few highlights from this week include:

Tuesday we had interviews with President Bendixsen at the mission office. The mission office is about a half hour away so it should have been simple. Unfortunately for us, all of the taxis went on strike so we had to find another way to get there. After 3 hours of improvised travel plans, we arrived and had our interviews.

Thursday was the one year anniversary of the start of my mission. We had been invited to a wedding but when we arrived at the supposed venue, there was no wedding to be found. That same day, I fell on the road and scratched up my hands pretty badly. I'm all good now. Anyway, that evening we went with a couple of the other Elders to the Burger King at the airport to celebrate my year mark.

Friday we received that unfortunate news that one of our amis has passed away. Last time that we saw her, just a couple of weeks ago, she told us that she was feeling a bit sick. On Friday, while visiting her daughter, we were told that she had passed away. In the words of the daughter, "nous sommes dévastés," or, "we are devastated." In situations like these, I find myself increasingly grateful for the Plan of Salvation which tells is that, through Jesus Christ, we will one day be reunited with our loved ones. Life does not end with death.

Saturday we had exchanges with our zone leaders. I got to work with Elder Koffi. He's Ivorian and he's a fantastic missionary. I had a great time teaching with him. At the end of the day, while we were on our way to the zone leaders' apartment, Elder Koffi noticed his ami with a glass of beer in hand. He walked up to her, asked her to pour it out and, after she said that she would just do it after we left, he took the glass and poured it out. Afterward, he took the bottle from behind her and poured out what remained. Luckily she didn't seem mad about it at all. We shared a laugh about it afterward.

This week has been great and, in all, the first year of my mission has been fantastic. I am so grateful for all of the change that I've experienced over the last year. In that year, I've become a missionary, moved away from home, moved to Africa, learned French, and made more life-long connections than I ever could have expected. I love this place and I love this work.

Elder Farr

Nous Rencontrons Un Culte - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Hello once again everyone! This week has once again been a great one. We've been able to get quite a bit done. I'm so grateful to be working with a companion who loves to work as much as Elder Leight does. I love getting to go out every day and share the Gospel with everybody around us.

This week we met with a lot of less-active and non-active members of our ward. A new focus for us has been working with said members, who left the church when covid began, and helping them come back to the church. It's been a great joy to meet all of these great people over these last couple of weeks.

We've also been teaching quite a few English classes which has been very fun for us. Interest in learning English here is very high so we've had a lot of fun teaching such large classes.

To finish off this weeks letter, we encountered a cult meeting as we were walking to and from appointments on Sunday. They tried to invite us in but, after seeing that goat sacrifice last week, we weren't to interested.

Anyway, I'm having a great time out here in Côte d'Ivoire.

Ayez une bonne semaine!

Elder Farr

Quelle Souffrance Préférez-Vous? - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey everyone! It's been a great week here in Côte d'Ivoire. This week was filled with experiences so here's some highlights:

On Wednesday we had Zone Conference. My favourite takeaway from it was this:

"There are two kinds of pain. The pain of sacrifice and the pain of regret. Which would you rather have?"

Throughout my mission, I've learned a lot about the pain of sacrifice. Its been rough at times to be out here on the other side of the world, speaking a language that I barely knew. But this pain has helped me grow. I am thankful for it as well as for all of the experiences I've had here thus far.

On Thursday, we met with a member who told us an amazing story. Years ago, she was so sick that she was practically paralyzed. After no medical treatments worked, she was determined to make it to the temple to seek her healing there. She made the trip over to Accra, Ghana and, as soon as she came out of the temple, she was healed.

On Thursday night, a crazy thunderstorm hit our area, flooding all of the roads for the rest of the week. It was especially bad on Friday, where we had to hop from rock to rock and climb on the sides of buildings just to get to our appointments. Every day's an adventure out here.

That same day, we also witnessed a live goat sacrifice. It wasn't exactly what we wanted to see but it sure was an experience.

Anyway, Africa is full of a wide, wide range of sights and experiences. I love it here.

Have a good week,

Elder Farr

Une Foule Inattendue - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire,

Hey everyone! It's been another great week out here in Côte d'Ivoire. This was my first full week working with Elder Leight in the Atlantique and Aéro-Cité wards. We've been having a great time and we've been working really hard. I come home exhausted every day and I couldn't be happier about it.

My favourite experience this week took place on Saturday. I'm still teaching the English class that I started in my old ward because neither of the missionaries who are currently serving there speak English. Elder Leight and I were a bit late because we had an appointment with an ami and it takes a long time to travel home from our secteur.

As we were walking up to the church building, my old bishop came running out and telling us that there are nearly 40 people waiting to learn English from us. Astonished and surprised (especially considering that last week's attendance was only 5), we made our way upstairs to find a packed classroom. There were so many people, in fact, that we had to split the class in half and teach them in two separate rooms. It was awesome to get to teach English to such a crowd, and to share the gospel along with it.

It's been a great week filled with great experiences and I can't wait to see what experiences the next one will hold.

Elder Farr

Je Crois Dans Les Miracles - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Hey everyone! Crazy news! I've been transferred yet again. The difference this time though it that I've stayed in the same apartment, I just work in a couple of different wards now. 

We got a call earlier in the week letting us know about transfers. I was a bit sad to be leaving my old secteur after only six weeks again but I was super excited to work with Elder Leight. He's an awesome missionary and we've grown really close while living together over the last few weeks.

Sunday was our first day out in secteur together. It was one of the best days of my mission. The highlight came towards the end of the day. We had walked for about an hour or so to the northernmost border of our secteur. We found ourselves in this beautiful field with only a few houses dotted around it. On a whim, we walked down this small trail that stretched off from the main road. On said trail, we passed an older man who was standing outside of his house. We said hello and he invited us inside.

He told us that he used to talk to the missionaries a lot. But after his first ever Sunday at sacrament meeting, he moved to where he currently lives and unfortunately lost contact with the missionaries and with the church. He told us that hes been searching for the church ever since to no avail. It was amazing. We were in essentially the middle of nowhere, in a part of our secteur that we would have otherwise had no reason ever to come to. But because we did, we were blessed to find this man and reconnected him with the church.

My love for missionary work grows every single day. I love this country, this people, this work, and this gospel.

I hope you all have a fantastic week.

À la prochaine, 

Elder Farr

Écoutons La Voix Du Prophète! - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

Bonjour tout le monde !

It's been a good week over here in Côte d'Ivoire. I've seen my love and passion for missionary work grow this week through a plethora of wonderful experiences. I'll share a few here:

First, last Thursday, Elder Bakeba and I accompanied another Elder, Elder Leight, to his secteur for a day and meet with some of his amis. We had a fantastic time and met some super awesome people. We saw some awesome testimonies grow through those lessons and it was all in all a great experience.

On Friday, a bunch of missionaries met together at our church building to receive their patriarchal blessings. Among the recipients was Elder Bakeba. I could feel the spirit very strongly as I sat in that church building and spoke with the other missionaries waiting to receive their blessings.

On Saturday and Sunday, we had the stellar opportunity to watch general conference! This time around, I was able to view three of the sessions, which is a lot better than the last time. I was so happy to get to hear from God's chosen prophet and apostles.

I'm having a great time out here. With every week that passes, I'm becoming more and more grateful for all of the blessings that I have found and am finding here in Côte d'Ivoire.

I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Elder Farr

Le Goût Doux d'un Whopper - Port-Bouët, Côte d'Ivoire

 Hey everyone! It's been a couple of weeks since my last email so I've got some fun stuff to talk about!

To start off, we had a baptismal service on Saturday! Two of our friends, Frère Djemien and Sœur Mélaine, were baptised! They've both progressed so well since I first got here to Port-Bouët. I'm so proud of them.

Two weeks ago we had a few chances to hear from Elder Martinez, the General Seventy assigned as the President for the Africa West Area of the Church. We got to see him both at a Zone Conference with a bunch of other missionaries and at a Stake Conference with all of the members of our wards. We also had a good amount of amis who came with us to hear from Elder Martinez. It was a great week all around.

Last Wednesday night Elder Hartshorn, one of the other Elders in my apartment, got a call from our mission president saying that he'll be transferred to be a Zone Leader the next day. So we helped him speed-pack and sent him off to his new apartment. It was a crazy fast change.

On Saturday, I started teaching an English class that's open to whoever wants to come. I'm really excited to finally be starting this class after spending so much time wanting to start it up. The first class went great. I'm very excited to be able to help people in this way.

On Saturday, in an effort to find a working ATM, a few of us Elders ended up at the airport. Turns out, the airport is only a five minute drive or so from my apartment. Anyway, the airport has a Burger King in it so we took advantage of the, extremely rare, opportunity and bought some crazy over-priced burgers. After a long seven months in Côte d'Ivoire, I once again know what a burger tastes like.

I hope you've all had a great week and that you'll have an even better one ahead!

À la prochaine, 

Elder Farr