Life continues here in Malava, but we’ve had a few exciting events this week. Work continues to be pretty much the same. Tom and I have taken over all of the admin work that we can, mostly so Neto can spend more time with the kids in play therapy. We still have a little time to do play therapy when a lot of kids come in. I’m hopefully going to start driving lessons soon so I can take over some of the driving to clinics and taking kids to the hospital. We also had our first epilepsy clinic this week. Basically all the adults and kids who get their epilepsy meds through us come in to the center. They got a number and weighed by me. Then they went in to talk to Angela and then to be registered by Tom and Joy. It was out longest day yet at the center and they told us that when the doctor comes in, they’re usually there until after 5. But all in all we had about 25 people come in and it was a pretty satisfying day.
Jean and I got cooking lessons in traditional Kenyan cooking this week. The bananas here were ready to come off the tree, but they’re still really green. Rather than letting them ripen into what we think of as sweet bananas, they cook with the green ones and Sr. Beatrice showed us how to prepare them. We boiled some and then mashed them with green onions so make a dish that is really just like mashed potatoes. We also stewed some with tomatoes and onions- that was my favorite way to eat them. The cooking lessons continue today. We’re going to the boy’s house for brunch and chapatti (a kind of flat bread) lessons with William. So for anyone you coming to visit, we should be able to be able to prepare a good Kenyan feast for you.
Jean and I also discovered one of the best things about being here on an adventure to Kakamega yesterday. We heard there was a nicer hotel that had a pool that you could use for a fee if you were not a guest, so we went to check it out. Sure enough, there was a nice pool (the water was pretty green) with a poolside bar and restaurant. There were a ton of Kenyans around and a ton of kids playing in the pool. Jean and I spent the day swimming and working on erasing out t shirt tan lines. We even met some other Americans there who were working with a charity that was bringing supplies to schools. They were there with some kids at the playground and we got to talk to one of them for a little while. All in all, it was one of the best weekends that I’ve had so far. We’re headed to Kisumu next weekend for the whole weekend. We’re hoping to do a little more vegging out by the pool and looking for hippos in Lake Victoria. Hopefully we’ll have some fun wild animal stories for next weekend, but hopefully they won’t involve charging hippos.
A BIG hello to the OWU girls who came all the way to Cincy this weekend. I’m sorry I’m not there to hang out with you guys, but I hope you’re having fun! Thanks to everyone who continues to read!
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