Dry Season / Birthday Season

Taper candles + heat = extreme leaning

Time continues forward and we have settled back into our weekly routine. Morning chores, school, play, cleaning, etc. consume our days with not too much excitement occurring. The heat has increased so that it reaches about 100 degrees Fahrenheit each day and the night brings chilling temperatures of around 88 degrees. Even the candles are being affected by the heat, but we stay in doors, grateful that it is a dry heat with very little humidity. We just get used to the constant layer of sweat.



Dorm rooms being completed

Since my last update we have celebrated 2 birthdays and have enjoyed delicious cakes. We also enjoyed the special meals including homemade pizza (with cheese that we brought with us from Kenya). We also got the opportunity to take the kids out to the new base to see the construction. They were just getting the door and windows on one of the rooms so that the students could move in soon. The DTS seems to be starting well, although there seems to be quite a bit of sickness among staff members and students. I have been informed that rainy season is malaria season and dry season brings respiratory sickness and typhoid.

Grass for roof thatching or weaving of mats and walls

We have been enjoying the use of a truck and got to drive to church Sunday. On the way home we took the scenic route along the river and saw a hippo enjoying the coolness of the water. All in a days drive! The only thing out of the ordinary recently was spending all day Saturday removing braids out of little girls' hair. There were about 300 braids total to undo. So we had a little girl sitting in a tub of water in her swimming suit on the front porch and a few of us sat behind unbraiding. It was quite the task! I think it will be a while before i will encourage additions again, but I must say, the girls look really cute with their new hair cuts and hopefully they will be cooler.