Moving On

GAMES are finished. This last week was a challenge  coming up with ideas to keep the children busy.  They are pretty creative in in playing games without a lot of equipment.  They didn 't need a swimming pool to play " sharks and minnows.

Our RAFIKI HAS TALENT show was fun. The children all arrived in their Sunday clothes and sang and danced for us.   The children have beautiful voices and were very creative in their ideas.  I thought it was rather cute when one of the bigger boys was playing a white missionary. He did not do anything to make himself look white.

All in all GAMES went well.  We had a picnic under the trees. To Americans, not an exciting picnic lunch, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a bit of lettuce in the sandwich, potato chips, popcorn, a small banana, and a "sweet", which is candy.  To them it was a special treat, they get peanut butter but the jelly was special.  The cooks were happy, they did not have to cook lunch for over 120 people.

Time has passed quickly though I feel like I have been on a retreat.  It is quiet here, sometimes I can't tell if the noise is from the near by recreational center or the children on the village.

The village is beautiful and well kept.  The children are kept busy with cleaning and gardening chores  besides keeping their cottages clean

The electricity has been in and out all day.  It seems every afternoon we are without power for 3-4
hours.  If we are not on the ball, our desire for soup at lunch is whisked away and it is back to tuna.  I am somewhat tired of  tuna even though we have found ways to change it up.  It is healthy and satisfying.  Something to be thankful about.  I have lots to be thankful here.  Being in Africa always reminds me of how simple I can live.

I am 99% packed. Tomorrow we leave for Ethiopia.  We leave the village at one o'clock for Entebbe which is one and a half to two hours away.  Our plane leaves at 5:30 in the afternoon. We arrive in Addis Abba about 7:30 pm. We will overnight in Addis.  Someone  from the village in Ethiopia is scheduled to pick us up in the morning and take us to the village. We are dreading that drive as it a slow scary trip.  It is the only road to and from Dubai. It is one truck after another.  We pray for safety in our travel.

I am looking forward to Ethiopia.  I was at the village before they had any children.  I organized a small pharmacy .  Last year we went through everything and reorganized so we would not have any
unnecessary medications.  I have bought some nice containers and labels and I hope it will be more user friendly.

I am ready to begin the long journey toward home.