On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:14:51 -0400, Sheryl Rosen
> connected the dots and wrote:


~
~Why would anyone ~choose~ to live under such primitive conditions in
a third
~world country?
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~What am I missing?

Excitement, adventure, peace and quiet, human interactions. My
husband's best friend joined the Peace Corps in his 40's, went to
Ghana, taught engineering (i.e. how to fix that 30-year-old truck),
met a lovely woman, married, and planned to return there to start a
fixit business.

Helping others, teaching someone how to "fish" so they can feed
themselves and their family, teaching school, and in the process
learning about yourself and how someone else from a different culture
views the world.

Humans didn't always have flush toilets, instant communications, or
brand new cars. It can be rewarding to learn how to live comfortably
on your own without all the things we take for granted.

OB cooking: In many TWCs, they have what amounts to a chimney stove
which is very economical to cook on.

maxine in ri