Diane & I are finishing up our duties at the Center for Inter-Cultural Training (CIT) before heading to Senegal Sept 3rd.  CIT has trained 2000 missionaries from 100 different agencies going to 130 countries.  Two weeks ago Don went on vacation.  He left me the tasks involved in maintaining the CIT sewage system.  It was not the first time for me to take up the CIT sewage portfolio.  I know the job well.  There are 2 tanks that each get a daily cup of sodium bicarbonate.  The ultra violet filter has to be cycled and a #10 can of lime is added to another tank. 
        I was eager to take up these tasks.  In 2010 there was a giant mutant sewage frog in one of our holding tanks.  I wanted to know if he was still around and how he was doing.  You can imagine my anticipation that first Monday morning as I lifted the hatch to the holding tank.  As the light filtered into the tank, there he was sitting on a pipe.  For a frog he is quite large, but his body is skinny in comparison to his large head.  The CIT sewage frog is no longer green.  I don’t even want to know what he eats in there. 
        The frog usually jumps into the sewage after you lift the hatch.  On my 3rd day, however he stayed on the pipe as I lifted and removed the plastic hatch.  This gave me a chance to get my camera to photograph the CIT sewage frog.  As I went for my camera the frog had a chance to examine the beautiful world beyond the sewage.  He saw a stately live oak toward the shop and a pecan tree toward the dorm.  Both trees were silhouetted by the deep blue NC sky.  He heard bird songs and the buzz of bees, but had no way of knowing there was prime frog habitat in the creek in the woods 100 yards on the other side of the lawn.  I was hoping that he would not be in the tank when I returned, but sadly, upon my return he jumped back into the sewage to stay where he was comfortable.  Some people I know make the same decision.