Day 8 5th Clinic Day Lunch in the Village

5th Clinic Day and lunch in the village

Another more relaxed day.  Only 10 patients, with 9 extractions and 1 filling.  The treat of the day was an invite from Grace, one of our assistants, to her new home for lunch!  A twenty-minute walk into her village.  No elephants, lions or baboons to join us, but lots of sheep and goats!  Her husband, Paul and their daughter, Faith, were waiting for us.  Paul is the pastor of their small church, Faith is their 3-year-old daughter.

Grace's new home, probably twice as big as the old.  She is very proud.

Two years ago we were hosted by Grace and family.  Then their house was a simple, small stick and cow dung arrangement with a dirt floor.  Now, their new home has a nice concrete floor, with corrugated metal siding and roof.  Decorated nicely on the inside with hanging cloth on ceiling and walls.  Still very small with the main area, a sleeping area for her and her husband and a kitchen, guest bed area.  Small, but much larger than their previous home.  Still no electricity or water at the house.  Solar lights for nighttime and a walk to the local well for water.

Grace's kitchen, simple but serviceable.  She usually cooks outside
on either charcoal or wood fire, a small propane burner inside if it is
raining.  Again, no water or electricity in the house.

She served us spaghetti and orange slices.  Very special.  She also presented us each with a Maasai blanket to wear on colder days.  Very Special as well.

Here is Grace, Paul, Faith and a cousin in their living/dining room.

Gloria, me and Faith.  Faith said she wanted to go home with Gloria, Grace said
that Faith really liked Gloria's 'white' skin!

Finally, today was wash day.  Sorta.  Lucy, the 'maid' does wash on Tuesdays and Thursday.  But, she doesn't do 'privates', (read underwear).  So, today was my underwear day.  Below our apartment on the outside of the building are the concrete washtubs.  Knowing the above, we brought hand-laundry soap, so I was scrubbing my underwear in the sink, ringing them out and putting them on the line to dry.  Timing is important on the line.  You have to be careful of the monkeys as they are roaming around.  They love to play on the clothesline!