Meet our team leader, Desi. Here he is in the center flanked by me and George Snyman of Hands at Work. This will be his first time to the DRC. He's been to South Africa and Zambia.
When Desi was a kid he wanted to be a televangelist. No really, he wanted to be a carpenter for a while... a doctor for a while. Now, if he could try another profession he says he'd love to try to be a project manager, or a hardwood flooring guy, or a leasing company owner or an architect.
One thing Desi hopes to get from going to Africa is playing a part in each of the team members getting what they are going to Africa for. One thing that Desi hopes he's able to do while there is eat rat. That and to discover the reason that he's felt for the past 2 1/2 years that he needed to go to the DRC in particular. He's sure it has nothing to do with eating rat though.
When Desi flies in an airplane, he's hoping to get some sleep. Which, he says, is part of the reason he packs the night before. Yeah.
Desi says he can thank his wife for teaching him to swear. Also, for teaching him the importance of culture (having grown up half Louisiana Cajun and half French) and teaching him some of the traits necessary to living in community. (Building community is a pet topic of ours for years)
In the kitchen, Desi is known for his mulligatawny Soup and Chicken Cordon Bleu with a beer in hand and Tabasco on everything. (Note from wife: He doesn't cook often but whatever he makes is REALLY good.)
Desi's ideal vacation would involve lots and lots of friends in a place new to everybody or to be adopted by a Zambian community for a month or two.
If given $1,000 to blow in any one shop in the mall Desi would head straight for a Skate and Snowboard shop for a new Nixon watch, a couple of hoodies, because nothing is more comfortable than a hoodie, a pair of shoes (must sport a skull), new wallet to replace the one that just got stolen, a new backpack for sure... might as well throw in a t-shirt and of course a new hat... "What?!! $1150? Hey guys, who gave us the grand? I need some more. It ain't cheap to look this grubby."
There are a number of CDs that Desi could listen to on repeat indefinitely like Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory or Demons and Wizards' Touched by the Crimson King. And he adds, of course anything by "the Man." ( Desi refers to Neil Diamond as "the Man" and he has been able to listen to his music indefinitely for years)
One book that Desi thinks everyone should read is A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards.
The last question on the survey given to the team members for this profile was to add one little known fact about themselves. Desi is choosing to share that he has a heart-shaped birthmark on his bum. (This is true.)
One thing Desi hopes to get from going to Africa is playing a part in each of the team members getting what they are going to Africa for. One thing that Desi hopes he's able to do while there is eat rat. That and to discover the reason that he's felt for the past 2 1/2 years that he needed to go to the DRC in particular. He's sure it has nothing to do with eating rat though.
When Desi flies in an airplane, he's hoping to get some sleep. Which, he says, is part of the reason he packs the night before. Yeah.
Desi says he can thank his wife for teaching him to swear. Also, for teaching him the importance of culture (having grown up half Louisiana Cajun and half French) and teaching him some of the traits necessary to living in community. (Building community is a pet topic of ours for years)
In the kitchen, Desi is known for his mulligatawny Soup and Chicken Cordon Bleu with a beer in hand and Tabasco on everything. (Note from wife: He doesn't cook often but whatever he makes is REALLY good.)
Desi's ideal vacation would involve lots and lots of friends in a place new to everybody or to be adopted by a Zambian community for a month or two.
If given $1,000 to blow in any one shop in the mall Desi would head straight for a Skate and Snowboard shop for a new Nixon watch, a couple of hoodies, because nothing is more comfortable than a hoodie, a pair of shoes (must sport a skull), new wallet to replace the one that just got stolen, a new backpack for sure... might as well throw in a t-shirt and of course a new hat... "What?!! $1150? Hey guys, who gave us the grand? I need some more. It ain't cheap to look this grubby."
There are a number of CDs that Desi could listen to on repeat indefinitely like Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory or Demons and Wizards' Touched by the Crimson King. And he adds, of course anything by "the Man." ( Desi refers to Neil Diamond as "the Man" and he has been able to listen to his music indefinitely for years)
One book that Desi thinks everyone should read is A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards.
The last question on the survey given to the team members for this profile was to add one little known fact about themselves. Desi is choosing to share that he has a heart-shaped birthmark on his bum. (This is true.)
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