Busy as a Bee

Fr. Blaise is the man. This guy works in the garden (he created the garden just before our arrival) all day stopping only to go pound Fufu, which is harder than it looks. And when he isn’t in the garden or pounding Fufu, he is running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to get things done for random people. The other weekend he was in charge of cleaning the entire monastery for the Bishop’s arrival and the arrival of the Frenchies. The entire time there was nothing but a huge smile on his face. He even skipped out on the wedding in order to finish the work. In doing so he missed an amazing meal and didn’t end up eating until well after the usual lunchtime. He also knows how to have a little fun and understands the rules of the monastery about as well as I understand the motto of anyone trying to get anything done at SJU – “do first, apologize later (if you get found out).” He takes some time out of his day once a week to sneak away to go drink a bowl of Tchuc with me and chat about any problems that I am having trouble dealing with (mostly ones that I have already explained here) or just to shoot the breeze. He is a cool dude who works hard and doesn’t complain about anything and is easily one of Colin and my favorite people here.