Its really sad to see that HIV is so rampant, so everyone is depressed, has sex for recreation, has children that they don't care about and just leave their children to fend for themselves.
I'm warning you right now that I will most likely have reverse culture shock, and I may want to just return to Carbondale immediately to unwind and process with people from my church who have been on many mission trips. Please don't take offense to this idea.
Anyway, I survived the squatty potty... I'm actually getting pretty good at it now and it doesn't feel weird. The YMCA is what i would consider fine-camping. We have a roof and a toilet that isn't a latrine..it flushes. We have a toilet in our bedroom. it is basically an above ground toilet like ours that does not have a toilet seat on it. you use that toilet only for number ones... we use the squatty for number 2. It smells pretty gross. They call them the "choo". The choo in Mitumba is actually way nicer than the Y's. Every morning we get 3 pieces of bread... not toast!, a fried egg, and a sausage link with either coffee or tea. The sausage is good...it's goat sausage.
I'm adapting very well to everything. I'm what Paul calls "refreshing" and Jim calls me flexible. April, my roommate, is still coming up with the perfect one word to describe me!! I haven't had any complaining... I'm just rolling with the punches.
The children in Mitumba are so adorable. It breaks my heart knowing many of them have HIV and that their quality of life is not good. There is a boy that has some sort of mental retardation. He can not talk and drools a lot, but he understands everything you say. April and I think that he just may be autistic. In Kenya, people do not implement special education programs so many of the natives don't know how to deal with people who have special needs. He has become a student in the schools since last year when April was here. He now makes eye contacts, smiles, gives a thumbs up, and nods when you ask him a question. Violet (Shadracks wife and the REM School Administrator) said that this boy was recently electrocuted by live wires in Mitumba and he almost spoke and cried for help. This was the first time he almost said an actual word-HELP.
Please pray for our team! Thank you and Keep the faith.
Love,
Dr. Stacy
I'm warning you right now that I will most likely have reverse culture shock, and I may want to just return to Carbondale immediately to unwind and process with people from my church who have been on many mission trips. Please don't take offense to this idea.
Anyway, I survived the squatty potty... I'm actually getting pretty good at it now and it doesn't feel weird. The YMCA is what i would consider fine-camping. We have a roof and a toilet that isn't a latrine..it flushes. We have a toilet in our bedroom. it is basically an above ground toilet like ours that does not have a toilet seat on it. you use that toilet only for number ones... we use the squatty for number 2. It smells pretty gross. They call them the "choo". The choo in Mitumba is actually way nicer than the Y's. Every morning we get 3 pieces of bread... not toast!, a fried egg, and a sausage link with either coffee or tea. The sausage is good...it's goat sausage.
I'm adapting very well to everything. I'm what Paul calls "refreshing" and Jim calls me flexible. April, my roommate, is still coming up with the perfect one word to describe me!! I haven't had any complaining... I'm just rolling with the punches.
The children in Mitumba are so adorable. It breaks my heart knowing many of them have HIV and that their quality of life is not good. There is a boy that has some sort of mental retardation. He can not talk and drools a lot, but he understands everything you say. April and I think that he just may be autistic. In Kenya, people do not implement special education programs so many of the natives don't know how to deal with people who have special needs. He has become a student in the schools since last year when April was here. He now makes eye contacts, smiles, gives a thumbs up, and nods when you ask him a question. Violet (Shadracks wife and the REM School Administrator) said that this boy was recently electrocuted by live wires in Mitumba and he almost spoke and cried for help. This was the first time he almost said an actual word-HELP.
Please pray for our team! Thank you and Keep the faith.
Love,
Dr. Stacy
I'm so glad you guys are there and survivin' with smiles! have a blessed journey and please send a very specific hello to pastor and violet from Dan and Emily.
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love, the Okalls.
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