Church this morning. Went to the Pentacostal Church since the Episcopal church was having a joint service in another area. Did not really want to travel. Many of the hospital staff go to this church. It was fine. Preaching about the word of God, then some prayers and then music. Drums primarily. Lots of jumping up and down and dancing around. Lots of fun. The Pastor, while preaching, made some comment like "even the old kawaja mama..." pointing to me. He backpedalled and said "with the very young face". Hmmmm, nice recovery. Everyone was crackin' up. The mama's from the compound were howling. After the service everyone came up to me calling me Kawaja Mama Dinka??? It was crazy. I was laughing.
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| Listening to the Word of God |
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| Hok dancing |
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| Mary & Lual playing drums |
Came back to the compound and did rounds. Everyone is doing really well. Hopefully the diarrhea siege is starting to wane. Also, the triplets held their own. One had a weight gain and the other two held at their same number. While weighing them the Commissioner of Bor stopped by with his wife. He is a great guy - he said they were driving by (with a little bit of an entourage) and pulled in the "see the kids". I think his wife really likes the kids. She is amazed by their size. They have about five grown kids - one set of twins. He did see us when we were headed to the leper colony. He ask me if I saw him waving at me. I said "of course, didn't you see me waving back" I think he likes me.
It was so hot this afternoon. I went hunting in one of the containers and came across a hose and sprinkler. So we set it up. We were running through the sprinkler. All the Dinka were watching us. Very strange behavior seemed to be what there thoughts were. They just shook their heads. But it was really refreshing. It made our afternoon. Otherwise, lazy day. Reading Sookie Stackhouse books. My Kindle is workable - I dropped it (serves me right after coveting it so much) and now I have a blank spot on the top line. But I seem to manage in understanding the story ok.
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| Dr. Mike and Aaron cooling off in the sprinkler |
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| This is heaven |
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| Aaron all cooled down |
Well, off to the shower. I enter my last week. It is sad for me.
God's peace
C
Looking forward to your return...counting down the days!
ReplyDeleteOh, Mum! I'm going to miss your blog. You should keep it up in the Joe - you're such a great writer. Now I know where I get it from...just kidding. I know you'll miss the bush, but we miss you!! I hope you can come to D.C. for a weekend once you get back. Have a wonderful last week with the babies and all your friends. Please ask Dr. Ajak to visit Michigan this summer again. I think a Boathouse Round 2 would be an excellent addition to our summer festivities. I love you!
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