The electricity was off and on so much last night that I finally got up and turned the air conditioner off and unplugged the computers and printers because that on and off, high and low electricity is terrible for electrical appliances. Besides every time the air conditioner went off and came back on it woke me up. It rained off and on during the night. In the wee hours of the morning Steve had to take off his C-Pap because the electricity was off.
The mothers were slow in coming out this morning; probably because of the early morning rain. We only had 101 babies and children visit the Child Center this morning. The Konkomba twins that lost their mother a few weeks ago came back this morning. The father and his friend brought the children. They are 7 months old and both lost weight during the past 2 weeks. It is difficult to know if the weight loss is from their missing their mother or if the caregiver is not offering enough food. The children were very hungry when they came this morning. The children were fussing and trying to grab the weaning mix. It was so obvious that they were hungry! We quickly mixed up some Cerelac and had the father feed them. (Cerelac is instant cereal that has sugar and milk; it requires no cooking) The children ate and ate; they were so hungry! After they finished eating they were so quiet and one of them was trying to fall asleep. Nothing better than getting your tummy filled! Steve talked to the men for a long time and gave them great advice but whether they will follow it or not is yet to be seen. We really need to see the grandmother that is actually taking care of the children.
This afternoon we went to town to pay for and pick up the medicine that we ordered early in the week. Steve left his phone in the pharmacy; when we discovered it was missing I called his number and Mr. Hayes the pharmacist answered. Surprise! At least we found the phone.
Later this afternoon Steve loaded the metal doors and windows in the back of the pickup and we took them out to the village of Borido. Borido is about a 45 minute drive from Yendi. Foster, one of the brothers from Borido ,was supposed to pick up the doors on Friday when he came to the monthly class but Steve decided it would be just as easy to take them to the village ourselves than to have to worry around getting them to town and hiring a bus to take them to the village.
Thank you for all you do! We appreciate you!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
