NUMBER 1

Well - this is it. The ultimate necessity when traveling and staying overseas or any period of time - A DEPENDABLE LAPTOP. Now, this particular laptop was given to me as a gift and has been the BIGGEST blessing to me each and everyday! I've used it to do EVERYTHING from write sermons, to edit pictures, to writing emails, to listiening to music, and yes - even a little bit of MacGyver inbetween.
I can honestly say that I don't know what I'ld do withouth it over here! Be warned though - if you are thinking about taking a laptop to a third world country like West Africa - the heat and dust can take a REAL ROUGH toll on the life span of any electronic device. My reccomendation - if you aren't willing to part with it - just don't take it.