Saturday, July 2, 2011

The time is Flying!

Hello All,
Well, we are into July and we can't believe the time has gone so fast!  Our weeks just fly by and then we relax for a few minutes and start again!  Our weekends are usually filled with catching up, eating guacamole and chips and pasta.
This past week, the hospital purchased a brick making machine.  It uses sub soil, a bit of cement to stabilize it and high compression.  These blocks are kind of like legos, as they interlock.  I went with 2 men last Thursday to get trained on how to operate it and to pick it up.  I was the only Mzungu (white) and the only woman of about 8 people.  They call women here "Mama."  So I am "Mama Trevor or Mama Timothy or Mama Sallie."  But, it makes me feel old!  We plan on using the machine to build bricks for our new Mother child health care building. They will take a while to make and they take about 3 weeks to cure.  So, I guess we better get started!  I will post pictures later of the bricks and the building.

I have a prayer request:  Please pray for a little S&^%$$ girl at the hospital.  Her name is Sabrin and she has a blood disease that is making her blood clot abnormally.  She is about to loose her hand because it has turned black.  She is under a year old (not sure how old she is) and she needs us to pray for her.

We are heading into Nairobi today to get our monthly (or bi-weekly) groceries.  It is always an adventure.  The mall we normally go to is very nice (western standards) and it is fun to just get away and have a nice lunch there outside.  Hope you have a great day too - but we have to get going so that we are back before dinner time!  You never know how the traffic is going to be!

In His Hands,
Jullie T.

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