May News
Posted on May 30, 2009 - Filed Under General News | 1 Comment
LITERARY THERAPY
I typically enjoy writing our newsletter each month or so. And to those
of you who are faithful to read it, I’m grateful. At times I’m concerned
about it sounding boring or too preachy or even too personal. Not too
personally revealing, but rather too much information about things that may
only be interesting to family members! But generally, I find it very
therapeutic. Its like having someone to talk with. In case this is your
first time reading, we live in a remote rural area of Kenya. There are
perhaps 3 other white women living in the area. One is French, another is
German and the other is an American. I wouldn’t call them unfriendly, but we
don’t visit. Add to that, the person I talk to inside my head and we can
still count the number of wazungu women on 1 hand. And so, I continue.
Very little has changed in Maralal since my last letter to you. People
are still hungry and the rain which we expected is still scattered and
sparce. Animals are dying. One man told us all his cows are finished. I’m
sure there are others in the same situation.
Our internet service was off for about 10 days. Every day we called and
no one could give us any real information. We are working on it, we were
told. Then one day while we were at the only internet caf in town, someone
called and said, we have fixed the problem.
And that’s the same thing Charlies doctor had said. You had a
significant tear, but I have fixed it. Praise the Lord, he is doing very
well.
Joseph received his 1st school certificate for completing his math
workbook for the year. He is a few days away from completing his other
courses and receiving 2 more certificates. Hes a real African so proud to
receive the cheti (paper). In Kenya, theres no point in completing a
course, unless you get a certificate. The paper is everything!
CONGRATULATIONS to JOSEPH! I am proud of your achievement in MATH!
The water situation there does not sound good. It is dry here in the San Joaquin Valley (California) also. We had to drill a new well to 240 feet.
How do you get water? I’m happy Charlie’s knee is repaired and I pray that the pain eases as he does his PT exercises!
Love, Melanie – the sax player from SGHS years ago and your sister in Christ Jesus