This has been a busy, but satisfying week. It started this past week end with baking 500 + cupcakes! We (the Sophomore class sponsors) got together with some of the kids in the RVA kitchen and they had all the equipment we needed to bake these in 2 shots. They had a mixer that was like a kitchen aid that had taken growth pills! It was about 5 ft tall and was able to handle 52 cups of flour, 34 cups of sugar, 1 c baking soda, etc, etc. It was very cool! Then they had enough muffin tins to fill 500 at one time. That's a lot of muffin tins! We baked them all in an industrial oven. We did the cupcakes and the cookies (heart shaped sugar cookies) in about 2 hours. We then spent another 2 hours cleaning all of the muffin tins! I hate cleaning muffin tins. It's that little bit that drips on the edge and burns onto the tin that is the problem. But, all said and done, we had 450 + cookies and 560 + cupcakes! We let them cool overnight then started on the frosting. It was quite a production. We had a frosting maker, a frosting crew, a sprinkle person, a bagging and tagging crew, a sorting crew and a delivery crew. We got them all frosted, sprinkled, sorted and delivered from 1:00 - 4:00! We were a machine! These were all a part of the fund raiser that the Sophomore class does every year. The kids made about $4,000! They were selling the cupcakes, cookies, roses, baskets with chocolate and other sundry items. We actually have to do it all again on Monday! We will deliver all the non eatable items then. One of the sponsors will go to Naivasha to pick up over 4000 stems of roses in Yellow, Red and Pink. That's a lot of roses! There are big flower farms in Naivasha. They export to Europe mostly. We are getting 2000 for free and have to pay about 1 cent each for the others. These are all the rejects because they are not allowed to sell within Kenya. What a blessing!
Jim and I are heading out right now for a 6km run! It is all up hill for the 1st half and downhill on the way back. So, I will finish this blog later and let you know how it went.
OK - We are back. It only took us an hour and 1 mintue to get up the hill and back. Here are some pictures that Sallie took before we left:
It was fun, but I was glad when it was over!
We have had problems with water supply this past few weeks. Some people have been without water for 4 weeks or more. It is very frustrating. We sit below the tank that supplies us, so typically, we are OK. We have only had sporadic days with out water. Some say the issues are with supply, but most likely they are with allocation. The Hospital does not control the water supply so, when things like this happen, they can just make phone calls to inform people and sit and wait. Can you imagine a maternity ward with out water? It happened 2 times this past week! Jim and I want to get out there and do a hand over hand of the system and just see where the problems are, but alas, we can not. There is a big meeting coming up this month where the powers that be will address these issues. Just pray that the problems will be rectified and control will be established with the hospital.
Our Mother Child Health (MCH) building now has trusses up on it! It was quite an ordeal but, it was spot on! Jim and the guy's measurements were very well done. The company increased the height by 40mm (about 2 inches) and so we are off now by about 2 inches. But, I don't think that will be too noticeable.
As you can see in the middle picture, the peaks are dead on now. They put a level on that stick and it was level - Amazing! But, we have to add purlins and tin to the top, which will bring it up a few inches. Too bad.
We have a supper busy week coming up: 4000 flowers to deliver on Monday, Jane Gravis the founder of IAA orphanage is coming on Tues, another EMI friend from Kampala is coming on Thurs, big meeting with the architect this week as well as one with our Tech group to sort some things out. Makes me tired just to think about it!
Thank you all for what you do!
In His Hands,
Jullie T.
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