Ah, yes. The body is fine, thanks for asking. We tried to hit an Internet cafe yesterday, but all of them were without a connection. Apparently this is very uncommon. We're back downtown today without our leader … venturing out on our own! We came in to register at the US Embassy so Uncle Sam knows that we're here. We attempted to register yesterday, but it was President's Day. I don't know how we could have forgotten that one.
My team is great. I would put a picture of them directly below this paragraph, but the powers that be in this cafe have locked down the computers so I can't connect my camera. I'll get some up soon. My team is made up of Micah, Ben (a.k.a. Chia), Michelle, and Faye, our leader. Cami, Keith & Laura, and Joe & Mindy are other WMF staffers here with us. All of us are very easy going and laid back. We've had some great times of joking and laughter, as well as good conversation, prayer, and worship. We have a long road ahead together, and we are laying good foundations now.
We went to Lighthouse yesterday for the first time. We met about fifteen of the seventeen kids that come to the program. We meet from 9am-1pm in a building near the center of Freetown. The time is filled with playing, reading, and talking to the kids. About midway through the time one of the kids will lead a Bible lesson. I understand (from others) that yesterday's was really well prepared … even though I didn't capture much. I'm excited to learn the language so that I'll be able to communicate with all of them. They have amazing stories to tell; I look forward to hearing them. The crew is a lively bunch, playing basketball, soccer (football), and a checker-like game called Draft. Keith, the WMF staffer, is a former collegiate wrestler. When he and his wife head back to the states next Friday I think that I will be taking his place … whether I want to or not 
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I'm living with a Pastor and his family in a suburb-like town to Freetown called Murray Town. The house is nice – I looked at the ocean through the window on Sunday while I shaved. I'm sharing a room with Micah and we hope to bring Chia up from downstairs soon so we can share the room together. The beds each have mosquito net coverings that keep the little buggers out (or in, if you're so unlucky), but also prevent any breeze that enters through the windows from reaching you to provide the maximum relief from the heat. I've come up with a new weight loss program. It's called journaling in bed. The last two nights I've sweated off what seems to be pounds as I journaled under the mosquito net. The journaling time has been good though, and I know that I will appreciate later any time that I put in now.
I think that I'll do some smaller, topical posts for specific questions I'm getting …