Yesterday, I drove into Nairobi to get some more curtain material. It was a true adventure! At one point, it took us almost 2 hours to go about 8 km and shop for 15 minutes then back to the spot 8 km away! Now that is some traffic! They drive on the left side of the road here. Can you imagine going around a circle with 50 other cars in the wrong direction! We came across this little village where the traffic should have been 2 lane but was 3 with some donkey carts thrown in. The cars were pretty much stopped and just creeping along with all the people in the streets. The music was blaring, the people were dancing and selling and walking. It was a true African experience!
The Black Masked Weaver: There are many of these cool little birds around. They make nests that have the hole on the bottom side. There is a large group of nests right out in front of the hospital. Timothy and I went over there today to get a better look. It is difficult to get good pictures but here are some:
This is a picture of the nests.
The males are a very bright yellow with a distinct black mask. The females are plain brown and sometimes hard to see.
I went with the ladies over to Navashia earlier this week. It is a busy little town that has a lot of venders. I am having a desk made and it should be ready next week. Trevor needs a desk as he is using a stool and a chair to work from. We went out to a place called the Soda lodge (pronounced Sopra) for lunch. They have a beautiful pool that we lounged around and had a nice lunch. Then we went for a walk toward the lake. It worries me a little when the server says to "...just watch out for the buffalo. Everything else is OK." So, we kept scanning the horizon for buffalo (water buffalo). We didn't see any, thank God! But we did see a bunch of other animals. There were 2 young giraffe grazing. We walked up very close to them (100ft). We saw 2 dikdik (a very small deer about a foot and a half high), the water bucks, partridge, a fish eagle and storks and flamingos. It was a very nice lunch!
Our Swahili lessons are going well. Edward comes every day to teach us. Tunajifunza Kiswahili nzuri!
Jim and I will start working with the hospital more this week with a project they are trying to get started. There is a Cat Scan unit in the states that is being purchased and they need a remodel of the pathology lab in order to make room for it. This CT unit will be a huge addition to the hospital. Currently, they have to drive to Nairibi to have CTs done and usually the patient is in no condition for the drive. We have help from EMI stateside with an Architect (thanks Russ), and a firm called Caffey Incorporated (thanks Jerry)! With God's help we will get the building ready and it will come sometime in the next 6 months?
Please keep us in your prayers as we start to move forward with the building here. Things are very slow when it comes to schedules and how to proceed with things.
In His Hands,
Jullie T.
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