I think I heard my first Aggie joke over 50 years ago. We were living in Southern Tanzania and a visitor said, “How many Aggies does it take to screw in a light bulb?” The answer, “Four, one to hold on to the bulb and three to turn him around.” At the time I remember thinking, what’s an Aggie? If you, like me, are not up on Aggies, they are students at the prestigious Texas A & M university and are called Aggies. It’s a tough school and the students have to be just a cut above to make it so they developed these Aggies jokes to make people think they are really just normal people. We have learned differently.

This summer at Neema I learned a bit more about who Aggies are.

They are educated and talented, especially face painting.

They can be loud when needed.

They will make good professors.

They go bananas quite often.

They major in bubbles and fun.

They are beautiful people!

They are creative.

They are touched easily by poverty.

They are loving.

They are willing to try new ways.

They are patient even with Osiligi.

So How Many Aggies does it take to love 45 little Neemaities? Seven was just the perfect number. Thanks Aggies for Christ at Texas A & M for helping to make 2017 Summer at Neema Village a blast.

Love and miss you!

Dorris