It is hot in Chad.  Temperatures were creeping into the 100’s when Art was there in Feb, and there’s not been much relief since. Tomorrow’s high is 106 F in the capital and a bit warmer still in the Guera where the Dadjo live.  Those living at the foot of the “mountain” (like we used to and our colleagues still do) have it especially hot.

In the past few years, we’ve had several expatriate friends finishing up their work in Chad and leaving back to their respective countries.  We missed seeing them go when we were still living in the country, and after we left, still more friends were leaving.  This month, another family we are great friends with have returned “home”.  Our children often say that they really miss Chad and want to return some day, but when the people they knew are no longer there, Chad becomes a very different country for them.  They still want to go back to at least visit.