Uneventful day - ha!

Today was a slow day because we slept in and didn’t get to the Academy until around 2 this afternoon. It felt good to sleep in and relax a bit this morning. When we got breakfast around 11 I told Chuck that would be a good time for a juicy Wendy’s hamburger! But alas it was smokies, cabbage and chapatti. Which was good but it’s not a hamburger. Then at the Academy we had a small issue with one of the kids, he was acting strange and Catherine thought he might have malaria, but we couldn’t get any medical history from anyone to see if he has had issues with any type of disease in the past. We ended up calling the clinician to come and see him, which he did and then took the boy to his clinic to test for malaria – which he had. So he got some medicine and he should be fine. The thing that hit me about this story though was that Mulie was told to go to the clinic for testing but he thought he was being sent away. So he told Catherine that he didn’t want to go he wanted to stay at the school and learn. We reassured him that he was not being sent away but that we wanted him to get better. We told him that we loved him and wanted him to stay and that his bed, books and belongings would stay in his room until his return. We finally convinced him to go get tested. So keep him in your prayers for a quick recovery.

Before leaving for the day we took a walk around the compound and we saw the puppies so I walked over towards them but they just ran away (which is a good thing here they don’t want the dogs to like people they are used to guard the compound). So we went to say bye to the kids and I felt something on my stomach, I thought it was just a piece of fuzz but when I lifted up my shirt my stomach had about 20 or so fleas! And when I looked around my clothes they were covered – yuck!!! So I immediately went into the store and stripped and I had them all over me. Chuck got me a robe we had brought and I put that on while he picked my clothes clean! Needless to say Chuck, Ruth, Catherine, Pauline and Gideon were having a good laugh about my unfortunate situation! They were even saying how God allowed this to happen just so we would have a good laugh before leaving for the evening – thanks God! I was finally declared flea free but wanted to get home ASAP for a shower! After about a 20 minute shower I still felt creeped out but they are gone and our clothes are outside waiting for a good washing with Omo (I think it’s industrial strength washing soap!). I won’t be visiting those puppies again anytime soon!

Since we had a slow day (aside from the fleas) I decided to put in a couple of pictures from previous happenings. The first is while we were in Nakuru and having lunch with Johnny (guy with beard) and his friend James ( to Johnny’s right). The woman closest to the camera is Francisca – we are working with her in Eldama Ravine and the guy at the end of the table is Mutuku our driver who did a superb job of getting us where ever we needed to go. It was Ethiopian and I tried something new there. I was a little nervous but figured since we met the owner he wouldn’t want Johnny’s friends getting sick! The next picture is Robert when he went with Pauline to the school where she is principal. He got to speak to the class and I heard he did a fantastic job!

Hope everyone is doing well and you got to have a good laugh about my fleas! Please keep us in your prayers that we continue to be and walk in God’s will daily. Mungu akubariki (God bless!)