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There have been a lot of changes at the village I’m staying at lately. One of the women at the office, Renee, left and has moved to Mexico to get married. Because she just left, they currently don’t have anyone to do the work she was doing. This is probably the busiest I’ve seen things since I’ve arrived. There are currently three children homes at the village, and an office (that the office in town will move to once the village has electricity). They are building three visitor homes, and a baby home. The three visitor homes and the baby home are still under construction and I’ve seen them go up from the very beginning- brick by brick. They look amazing! But, in Kenya nothing and I mean nothing runs on time or on much of a schedule- no matter how hard you push. So, they were supposed to be completed in the beginning of June- but now they are hoping that only one will be completed by the time the medical team arrives in the beginning of July. Yup- that’s about two weeks. So… because of everything that has to be done by then and with Renee gone and all other things that happen Rachel has asked me to move out of the village to the office and stay in Renee’s old room. So I’ve partially moved my things to Renee’s room and I’ve been working in the office and babysitting the babies here and doing medical inventory to prepare for the medical teams.

I miss everyone at the village and all the time I spend with the children. But, I love the work I’m doing in the office, a proper meal (I had ham, mashed potatoes, and cucumber salad the other night- which if you had been eating ugali & green grams for the past 2 months you’d understand my appreciation). I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the office staff and Rachel & Ruth. We have a good time. We played spoons the other night- it got so competitive that Rachel dove across the table to snatch the spoon out of my crotch…yeah… seriously. And we had guests there as well. (Guests= donors- a few older aged British men- who didn’t exactly have the same idea of “fun” as we did) And the next hand Ruth threw me to the ground trying to get a spoon—I was afraid for my life and so were the donors -they had a look of horror on their faces… But I came out victorious both times =)

Anyways- I’ve started the medical inventory so that Rachel can order more supplies for the up coming medical clinics. I’m really excited for the clinics. The little medical work I’ve done so far has been really good for me. I know I’ll learn so much and I’ll feel like I’ve helped a few people. Rachel also helped me discover I had worms and gave me the right medication to get rid of them. Ohh I’m so happy I don’t have worms anymore. I really got uncomfortable the last few days I had them. I can’t imagine how so many people in this country can live with them for years without help. So I felt guilty complaining. But trust me, no one wants worms. EVER.