Paved Streets in Pignon

For those of you that have not been to Pignon in the past few months or year, there have been some big changes.  The Streets are paved and what a huge difference that has made.  This is a good thing that will take some adjusting to and some change.
There is a great deal less dust floating around, dust that is not covering everything not getting into delicate equipment and computers in the hospital or at schools and in peoples homes.  There is no or very little burning of trash in streets, in fact in the two weeks that I was in Pignon this past Jan I saw no burning.  You will find very few animals wondering freely around Pignon they are now kept on peoples property. You will see more vehicles driving in town, driving faster than they use to drive on the bumpy dirt roads. This is where the bad comes to play.  Although people are trying to adjust, trying to change the way they have lived all their lives, change is hard, children do not always understand the consequences of playing in the same street they played in before it was paved, there are no slow traffic signs and no stop signs more accidents have and will  happen. When you in Pignon please keep these things in mind. Watch for fast moving motorcycles and vehicles, please  walk on the sidewalks and encourage the children to stay off the streets.