SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE

Well after being here for a whole month, Jan finally drove for the first time this Sunday. Sunday is the slowest traffic day and we went out of the city on a divided highway, so it was very easy driving for the first time. It was still very stressful and she is not looking forward to the day she has to drive in the city. It is like NASCAR at Bristol Motor Speedway (bumper cars at 80 MPH)!

The Bible study group that Jan is meeting with is using one evening each month to work on crafts. They then sell the crafts to raise money to purchase bibles that they then give away. This week they worked on rolled paper bead necklaces. They also began making a storying quilt to be used to tell the Bible in Chronological stories. It is going to be red, black and white, great Georgia colors. These ladies are very talented . We hope to send some pictures of the necklaces if anyone is interested in purchasing them to help out.

We have mentioned that our yard is full of beautiful plants and trees and one of those trees in a banana tree. This week we picked our first stalk of bananas and hung them on the porch to ripen. They are a small variety and very sweet. So for now it is bananas in the cereal, banana sandwiches for lunch and banana bread for dessert.

Funny story: Jan has been working with Shem, the volunteer coordinator at the mission. This week we had a meeting with the drivers who drive the volunteers on their trips. As Shem was talking to the drivers about identifying who was the volunteer team leader, he mentioned that all “wazungu” (White Men) look alike. He then laughed and said, and believe it or not the wazungu think that we Kenyans all look alike too. Funny but true.

The electricity is so expensive here, we do not turn our water heater on but about 2 hours in the morning. So, today we had a "widow maker" installed in our bathroom. For those who are not familiar with a "widow maker", it's a shower head with an 220 volt electrical wire running into it. Let's think about this. You're standing in a shower with a 220 volt electrical cord above your head. The husband must typically get the first shower, hence the name "widow maker". We are now able to flip a switch in our bathroom and have instant hot water whenever we want to take a shower. Yeah!