Sunday was a very relaxing day for me. We’re not normally in
the volunteer quarters when the sun is going down…and I’m thankful for that
during the week, as it can get very hot. Oh, but I am thankful for the heat as
I hear stateside it’s getting colder every day!
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| Practicing my mommy-carrying-child skills. |
Monday was probably the fastest day I’ve had here. One of my
mamas was sick and the mama who is the filler for this shift was already
filling in at another cottage. I decided to help out all day in there…and was
so thankful that the babies seemed to be doing much better than last week.
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| I couldn't believe I fit on this boda boda...many children had to help push! |
Ah, the smells of Africa…on Tuesday during lunch the
neighbor across the street decided to burn their rubbish. Naturally, there was
an easterly wind so while we were on lunch break the smoke came wafting into
the apartment and we smelled like bonfire the rest of the day. This is the
exact smell I smelled when I stepped out of the airport and knew I was back in
Africa. It was reminiscent of the smells from Kenya.
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| Just a couple of monkeys hanging around. |
We have been trying to figure out a good schedule for the
babies. Since I’ve been here we are on our third one. This particular one seems
like it will do really well. We are incorporating walks in the morning, outside
sunshine time on the lawn when the big kids aren’t there as well as water play
and music time. Today for the water play some of the kids screamed when they
were placed near it…because they scream when they get their baths. Hopefully
one day they’ll see the difference!
Am so thankful for the power of God’s Word! We are doing a
Bible study through the book of James on a nightly basis. Total conviction
4:7-10 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist
the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near
to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and
your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”
Did you get that? How many of us,
myself included, truly mourn over the fact that we sin against a holy God?! Not
only that, but if we confess and ask for forgiveness – He gives it!!! By
humbling myself I’m lifted up in Him. Mind boggling. God loves me that much.
Truly undeserving.
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| Before.... |
We finished out the week with an ATV
safari along the Nile. A few of us were going to go bungee jumping, but after
talking to a few people, we decided not to. So glad we did this instead as it
was much longer and just all around hilarious and fun! We weren’t sure how much
fun we could have with the ATV, so while at the back of the group, I started
fish tailing…then slowly I moved to the front of the group and what I was doing
didn’t look a s bad as one girl getting stuck twice not really doing anything. Our
guide finally started doing fish tails himself, so I knew we were ok…as long as
we didn’t tip!
I will say though, that I was
completely lost while on this little “safari”. We drove by the Nile twice, but
the rest of the time we were going in and out of villages. We talked a little
about that afterwards…we were driving right in front of people’s houses and
through their fields. There is no way in America that people would let others
do that. We saw so many children too – as soon as they heard us they came
running; many just to say hi to the mzungus, but many to see if they could get
a handout. It rained on us at the
beginning, but the sun eventually came out. It turned out to be such a gorgeous
afternoon. Was thankful for the rain and as it wasn’t that dusty.
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| After. |
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