Tuesday again

This is the week we're in the final push to get ready for camping on the south shore of Lake Superior. The word is...cold. so it's sweat pants, shirts, etc. getting packed. Should be great weather...great sleeping, great company and a great time. I'm working on the desk at church today, not tomorrow as usual and then it's soup kitchen day once again on Thursday. Another load of food is coming in Thursday which adds a bit of work to an already filled day. That's the way it goes. Friday we'll pack the truck and it's off early Sat. morning with a 12 hr drive in front of us through beautiful Ill. and Wisconsin. I'll be knitting, reading, sleeping and what ever one can do while sitting for a looooonnnnnnggggg time. And I'll have a whole two weeks with Michigan family of 4. Yahoo.

Tues. the 14th

Well, yesterday was a red letter day or something like that. Wow...Birthday day. Health check ups in the morning, Lunch with Mk. Shopping at Clay Terrace...didn't buy a thing but fun to see what's behind the doors of something other than Good Will. Latest purchase...Pr. of cute sandles for 3.95. Supper out with Doug. Phone calls and e-mails from the kids. JB has posted a little message that he said was from Jacob on his blog. I thought it was cute but all of his readers just let it pass as well. Well, the message hidden in Jacob's blog message, really written by JB was that another baby is on the way. Wooo, woo. That's a great message to get on one's birthday. I could have gotten it a few days ago if I had been smarter. Dah!!! And Kat's blog entry for this morning made me laugh myself almost off the chair. What a little guy Andrew is. Out of the mouth of babes, one might say. He is one funny kid still not wanting to wear anything but his diaper. Sure saves on wash. That's just part of the fun part. Today is lunch out with the Muldoon ladies...3 other retired teaching friends. Tonight for supper...Left overs from last nights meal out. Life can be simple. Yahoo.

Saturday

Still draggin'. Mary K said that it takes a day for each hr of difference. Well, Eldoret is 7 hrs ahead of us and now it's 7 days. I should be finished. I just hung out this afternoon, sleeping and watching TV and reading and sleeping. Early this morning I cut flowers from the garden for tomorrow's altar flowers. Two huge vase fulls of beautiful flowers. I took them to church this morning and also changed a big display case filling it with Kenyan products. Mid morning the rain came and it has rained for most of the day. It has cooled off. Yeah. Nothing planned for tomorrow. Should be an easy day.

Thursday

Wow...still getting over jet lag. It's crazy but better than Sunday for sure. Jim has been here and gone already. Today was Bread and Bowl Soup Kitchen day. This afternoon I got a bunch of pictures blown up at Kinko's and now to the bulletin board at church. The Kenya pictures are great and I'm anxious to get them up for all to see. I have some really, really delightful pictures of the kids from church taken in western Kenya with their pen pals. I'm ready to share these with church friends. What fun. Lots of workers at Bread and Bowl today. We had baked chicken, baked beans and lettuse salad with fruit pie. Take out was soup and sweets. This afternoon it's Farmers Mkt. at church so we'll go to that and get the bulletin board up. Tomorrow I have nothing planned and that's just fine with me. Sitting on the patio sounds like fun at this point. I've caught up on the garden, the wash is finished and most everything I brought home has found a place. Well, I really didn't bring a lot home. Maybe that's why it's almost all put away. Saturday I'm taking flowers from the garden to church for altar flowers for Sunday. They are beautiful and should be beautiful. So...that's it for Thursday. I think I need a nap and it's only 3:30. Must be jet lag.

In Indy or Really Carmel

It's back in Indiana again. Wow...what a month. Fold clothes, play with children, sort and throw out, and on and on. Leaving wasn't easy with so many new friends working to make a better place for children. But it's time to be back home working to make a better place here. Poverty was seen everywhere but the smiles and the willingness to make a difference were also evident. I will keep these memories with me for a very long time. Some loose ends to tie up this week getting a few things back to Kenya with Becky and Linda that are needed such as a wall thermometer to keep track of temps in the nic unit, another diabetic meter. So little can make such a difference. Now...it's time to get the body back on US time. It's 4 am here and wide awake. It's almost 12 in Eldoret and time to think about lunch.