Last Internet Update for a While

Today was busy with being orientated, packing to go to the bush and going shopping for our dresses. We get up tomorrow at 5 am to leave for Boura ( spelled it wrong earlier). It will take us all day to get there and on Mon. we have to approach the village elders for permission to set up, even though they have invited us. It’s protocol, which is very important here. We will have a triage area, a pharmacy and a malaria treatment room. We are seeing a few mosquitos, but reminding each other to take our malaria pills.

The food is delicious here. A lady from Wisconsin cooks for us and when we leave we take an African man with us to cook. We are getting to know each other and I know we will be close at the end of this.(all of the team, I mean ) J

The city here is insanely busy with a population of a few million. The streets are very similar to Mexico, shops crammed together, lots of fresh fruit and all kinds of different things. I saw some goats grazing lazily at the edge of the main street with traffic whizzing by. Your eyes just cannot take it all in at once. There is a strong smell of exhaust in the air and dust on everything.

Kids are playing noisily under our window – they’ve been there all day and a few times a day, if the noise outside is not too loud, you can hear the call to prayer at the mosque. We have a very skinny dog here ,not because he is unhealthy, but the breed is thin, whose name is Bobby.

That’s all I can think of now. We’re heading to bed. The last 2 nights I have not slept, between the plane and the first night here, so I need to rest. I have a little anxiety for the week ahead but please pray for God’s grace for me to handle it.

Lots of love to all.

Blessings, Janet