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| Mutwahiru and Rogers |
The first picture this week is of Mutwahiru and Rogers. We went to see him this past week and found that he is doing really well. He had to go back and get the cast replaced, and will have it on 1 more month, but the bones are healing together. The whole time I've known him (all of this past year), I had never seen him smile, but I saw him smile several times when we were there. I asked his father how long he had had the broken leg - it has been 2 years. He is so happy after 2 years of pain with every step...he now will be able to walk and run like a normal little boy. By the way, I also found he is a middle child of 8.
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| Rogers at Kakoro Painted Rocks |
The second picture is of Kakoro Painted Rocks, which is about 25 miles from Budaka (northeast). The websites say they were painted by people about 1,000 years ago. Pastor Rogers, Abby and I went to check them out to see if we wanted this to be a trip we take our kids and/or the school to. However, we never found the painted part and the path to the top is extremely steep with lots of loose dirt to slip on. There are no signs for getting there, so we kept stopping and asking farmers, merchants and boda boda (motorcycle taxi drivers) how to get there. The 25 miles took well over an hour, with some backtracking. The man who led Rogers and Abby to the top (I opted out 1/2 way up...) said he knew where they were at the beginning, but after getting up there he asked "what color are they?", obviously not knowing what we were looking for. One of the websites says the rocks have lost some of their paint due to school children and farm animals brushing against them. I can't imagine any farm animals getting up the side of the hill we were on, so we will try another time and see if we can find the actual paintings. But, the rocks at the top were amazing. You can see the one behind Rogers is balancing on a very small part - looks like it could fall over at any time.
Abby and I have begun having 2 of the kids every Friday night to eat an American dinner, play games, watch a movie (Ice Age) and spend the night with American pancakes for breakfast (even found maple syrup here!).
This past Friday we had Ben and Charles. It is so great to get to spend more individual time with them. Charles and I walked to town on Saturday morning to find milk (never did find it - after a 2-mile walk) and Abby stayed and played games with Ben. Each of these children is loved individually by our Father and by us!
School ends on Wednesday and I am anxious to have time with just our orphans for a couple of weeks. They all will go to their "homes" from May 2-5 so they can reconnect with their clans. The four who have no place to go (Natasha, Vanessa, Isaac and Moses) will stay and get lots of special attention during those days.
It's great to get to the internet and get notes from many of you. Thank you for remembering and praying for us! I love reading about your lives and what "normal" life is like. Talk to you again in a week or so!
Laurie
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