This is about the time during the trip when I start wondering if I will ever be able to get my feet clean again. There's very red clay dirt here and since I'm in sandals all the time, my feet get stained. I forgot to bring kool-aid. Irene's kids love it and it's easy to pack. Lexie, help me remember and I'll mail them some when I get home. Ida brought her some back from the states.
Well the personal big news is that I had a hot shower last night at Irene's because Jeff bought this shower head attachment that heats the water and we had an electrician come and install it. It was actually so hot that I had to turn the switch on Low heat instead of High. So now, I no longer rough it in any sense of the word when I come visit. Ok, well maybe latrines but not at Irene's.
Baby Zach had his first bathroom accident yesterday--and it was on me! We all went to the Nile Resort Hotel yesterday afternoon and paid for the kids, DJ and Jeff to swim. It was a blast! Gerald is with us this year. It's was only his second time to ever swim. Anyway, Zach (who will be 2 soon so I prob need to drop the 'baby' thing), Zach swam and swam and swam. I bought floaties for $1 at Big Lots and he wore them but didn't need them much. So, they were all exhausted when we left last night. He slept from the time we left, through supper of Indian food at Leoz and until we got home. He slept through peeing on me in the car.
I have to go to the big ISAC thing soon so I may post again later this afternoon but I have 2 stories to tell. Yesterday morning, we went with Bobby Garner to Agri's place. I thought we were just going to see some bee hive 'stuff' and then come right back. But it was a village trip and I'm usually the one who makes sure we always have bottled water to drink and I didn't have any. So, we stayed until about 12:30 or 1 and saw the chicken raising operation, watched them prepare and hang a bee hive and then when it was time to leave, they of course didn't want us to go without breaking break. They brought us roasted corn and I thought that was it, but it wasn't.... we are served huge meals and lots of starches and I eat as much as I can. Anyway, we had a really good time and the chicken stuff and the bee/honey thing are both really very interesting. Agri is a very smart man and a hard worker. By the way, he bicycles 14 kilometers into town every morning with 15 trays of eggs (30 eggs each) stacked on the back of his bicycle. Just imagine....
Last story for now: Jeff and David got to hear from a man who had escaped from Kenya during the violence. He told some of his stories. He'd come from Kenya to meet David because we'd sent funds (money from Victoria Nile craft sales) to our friend James Okumu to help him care for some people fleeing Kenya. This gentleman has gone back to Mombasa now. His home is still there--not burned down--but all his belongings had been stolen--probably by his neighbors but he didn't turn them in to the police because he wants healing and forgiveness to take place. THe stories reminded me so much of the stories we heard when we were in Rwanda two years ago. Such tragedies and it's so hard to understand how people can treat each other in such horrible ways.
Hope you have a blessed day, thanks again and always for your prayers and love and support, I'm reading emails and comments but have a hard time responding to each, thanks for the news from home and if anybody out there has questions about the work or anything, just post or email and I'll try to answer.
DJ and Jeff are in the cafe visiting with Dr. Ganus right now. It's good to see him and hear his voice. He's a great man of God with so many stories!
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