The first picture today is of a monitor lizard that was trying to attack the chickens. (It didn't get any before John, our businessman, killed it.) You will see Abby's hand so you get an idea of how LONG this thing was. Yikes! This is the "baby" whose parent lives out in the back of the orphanage I'm told. Don't want to meet it! Rogers says they use their tails to attack their prey. Yuck. One more thing to be afraid of. I thought it was just snakes and icky insects... By the way, the lizard is dead, which is why Abby is so bold as to put her hand near it.
Margret is finally getting over the mumps - I was so worried about her last week, and just held and prayed for her. Her fever was really high, she was almost comatose, and in lots of pain. Today she is looking a lot better and is back in school, although she sat on my lap for awhile this morning since Mary, our nurse, gave her a shot to help with the pain and possible complications from mumps. But, for Margret, it was just more pain, this time in her bottom.
Moses is walking!! Can you believe it? He has taken as many as 5 steps at a time. And, he can get himself just about anywhere. Monicah, the matron, told me she had to bathe him 3 times yesterday before church because he gets out of the room and scoots around on the dirt outside! He now stands in line for food - he can't carry it, but he wants to be like the others. Someone holds his hand and he goes to the front and can carry at least a piece of bread while someone else carries his tea and g-nuts. It's so great to see him wanting to mature in this way. Praise God for this little boy's life! You will remember that he was only days from death when we found him last year in August. If you want to see additional pictures of him, go to Abby's website. You can see a video of Moses on YouTube.
The second picture is of Magdalene, one of our new little girls, in her school uniform. She is 3 years old. She can now say "Good morning." All of the 6 new children are fitting in so well. The kids who have been here this past year continue to help them, and Charity was even heard saying to Doreen (3 years old) "Stop speaking vernacular! We speak English here." Doreen has only been here 1 week!! Give her a break, Charity.
Abby and I are trying all kinds of new recipes for the restaurant. One didn't make it last night - millet flat bread. Sounded great, but perhaps we have the wrong kind of millet flour. But, most are quite good. One thing I did last week is to have Peace (16, and one of Rogers' nieces who lives with them) go and buy a chicken for us in the market - no packaged chicken over here. Then, she killed it and got it ready for cooking - my first time to watch this whole process. When she plucked the feathers from its neck in order to cut the neck, I said, "that will hurt her!" Peace just laughed at me. I got pictures of the whole process, but am guessing most of you are not interesting in seeing the blood and guts. I did get a picture of the chicken rice curry that we made, so I have A to Z for chicken. That is how we will have to get chickens for the restaurant food also - Abby and I decided we will hire someone to kill them and get them ready for cooking...
We are heading to Kampala today to take Mutwahiru to a rehabilitation hospital that the physio-therapist from France who works here in Mbale has referred us to. Thanks to 2 of you who have offered to pay for him to get this care! The clinic here gave him new crutches last week which make it a lot easier for him to get around. We will see the doctor Tuesday morning.
This week is Saturday School - please be in prayer. It happens 10am-12pm Saturday and we invite all the children from Budaka to join us...targeting especially those who would not be in a Sunday School or church service. We play games, sing songs, have a Bible story, memorize a Bible verse and then give them juice and crackers for a snack. Last month we had over 160, and we have had as many as 300. Rogers said in church that we were ready for 1,000 kids, so everyone should mobilize as many kids as possible from their villages. Abby and I both said we were NOT ready for 1,000!! We'll see what happens...
Sure love you all! Thank you for praying for us, supporting us financially, and keeping in touch through emails and texts. It's so great to partner in the Kingdom of God with you. Let me know how your Memorial Day is.
Laurie
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