Hippos and the U.S. Marines

This past weekend I attended the United States Marine Ball in Niamey. There were six marines in attendance as well as the U.S. ambassador to Niger, the honored guest of the evening. I got to eat STEAK!!! And, although perhaps we were the only sober people in the place, we missionaries went crazy on the dancefloor! Brittany and I danced all night :)!

I also got a chance to tour the Niger river in search of one of the world's most deadliest creatures: the hippopotamous!!!! We rode in a 60-foot covered canoe with three men and a little boy who only only spoke french and zarma. But we all had a common interest in finding a hippo. We saw a mother and her baby, however the pictures we took look like black specks in the water so i wont even attempt to post them.