Hello Family and Friends:
Another week gone!!!! I say it every week so you are probably tired of hearing it but they are going fast. There are different events everyday of the week so I judge time by which event is up next. So Church comes pretty fast every week.
Just to keep everyone in the loop, there will be no weekly letter on November 28th. That day, yours Truly, Mrs. Truly and #1 Truly daughter should be on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. It may be difficult to have a weekly letter on the 21st of November and the 5th of December also. That is when Shena and the crown come and go. There will be eight of climbing; Debi, Shena and five of Shena’s friends. I bet Shena’s friends’ parents are mad at her for taking their kids half way around the world at Thanksgiving time to climb some stinking mountain. After climbing, we are going to go on a safari to Maasai Mara for three days and two nights. Then there should be time to come to Magadi for a couple of days to unwind.
Debi may out of the “life of leisure” mode when she comes back in January. There was a dental technician that came to the medical clinic on Saturday and set up shop. He will be here on Saturdays in November and December then have normal hours Monday through Friday starting in January. Not sure how it will all work but I’m sure the local folks will be glad to have someone to work on their teeth without having to go to Nairobi.
Debi was the guest of honor at the Diwali festival. She got to light the candles and everything. Ok, go ahead and Google the word, it’s not a misspelling. There are a number of Indian people here helping with the implementation of SAP (a business computer program). So they celebrate all the Indian holidays. We were invited to home of a fellow who was celebrating. He shared his candy with us and showed us the sand art he and his family had done to celebrate. Some of the candy wasn’t too good but one kind was great. Just goes to show, candy is the international language.
Today in church it was fast and testimony meeting. One fellow bore his testimony that wasn’t even a member. A little boy sat by Debi and I whose parents have been coming for about two months that aren’t members. It is interesting here. After growing up in a country where blacks are the minority it is interesting to associate with them as the majority. At work, and at church, I don’t see them as black. I just see them as fellow saints or co workers. Most of the branch is made up of young members; under 35 years old. They are a handsome lot, young men and young women are either in college or working. The old folks like me; some of them look like they were in bar fight and came in second but for the most part I view people in Kenya in a whole different light. They are a beautiful race.
Ok Robert, the bracelets should be to you by the end of the week. Let me know what Russ has to say. These bracelets can have anything on them. I’m having a bunch made to bring home at Christmas. Maybe we can develop a market in the US for some of these Maasai women. Cherry, I’ll get you some WYO bracelets by the end of November (send me your address, again).
On a brighter note, work is going pretty good. Production rates have been improving steadily over the past few weeks. This past week, production has been very good. My worst nightmares may come true, they might want me to stay for a while in Kenya. There was an effort to get money to increase production but the rates are above where they were supposed to be after investing all the money, so there may a reluctance to spend any money here at all. Money still needs to be spent to ensure strong production rates over the long haul.
One last comment and I’ll give it up for the week. I’ve got to stop buying brownies here. They are so good I can’t stop eating them. Debi bought some scales after she arrived but I haven’t dared get on them since she brought them home. It’s called no will power. The cook makes a new batch before the old batch is gone, it’s terrible!!!!
Until next week----love you all
Dad/paul
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