Pictures 12-4-07

The first picture is the washout that tried to eat our truck last Friday. The rain was pouring down most of the time we were working to jack it up and get rocks under the tires so we could back out. Once we got it out and the rain quit we were entertaining a bunch of the young children that lived near by while we were waiting for the members to bring Mwende down. We had some Dr. Seus books someone had sent over to help in the English classes and we gave them to the kids as we have found that some of the language used in his books is a little hard to explain to someone who is struggling to make sense of our strange language (what is this who that Horton hears and how come cats wear hats?). You can see the librarian near our truck with her newest patrons.

The next three are for those who have been worried about Mwende's new home. They took her right in and gave her a bath and put ointment on her feet then carried her around for everyone else to see their newest friend. They tucked her in bed with the pink blanket we had given her then covered her with another quilt and I swear she looked almost like she was smiling. There is a rose garden just outside the room that she sleeps in and we tried to show that in the last picture.

The next two pictures were at the funeral. You can see the 'goodtime Gospel Singers' in the first one. The second shows the modified vault before it was covered. Note how the flowers go in with the casket and not on top of the grave.

The last is at Joseph's baptism and yes all the rain in the hills has made their drinking water a little muddy but they did put some chlorine in it just in case there were any bugs that can live in water that muddy. I was wondering if I keep getting in water like that if it might be like coloring easter eggs and I could get as dark as these folks.