August 7, 2005

SEWARD SNAPSHOTS ONLINE

Tom, Lisa, Hilary, Ben, Caleb Seward

Hello. It is three days before we get on an airplane, and leave for Mali, West Africa. We are all so excited about starting a new african style of life that we can barely stand it! We've been working very hard for the last few weeks packing crates to send, packing boxes to store here in the USA, packing last minute things to go on the airplane. We're not sure what our home will look like exactly, but one that was available looked like this:
Anyway, this is the first page of the blog, and we will have some great stories of how well or not Americans can make the transition to live in a setting like Kadiolo, Mali. West Africa. I'll put the map, and a family pic in as well.... God Bless, Tom Seward

Our town Kadiolo, is at the south of Mali. It is 8 hours south of Bamako, the capitol of Mali by car. It is in the savannah grasslands, but dryer than Ivory Coast was. Still, crops do grow and people support themselves by raising cattle and farming.