Dear Family and Friends:
Next week at this time, I’ll be real close to HOME. I tell people all the time when they tell me they wish they could live in the US that they need to appreciate Kenya because it is a good place to live. But I certainly prefer the US over Kenya. Kenya is beautiful and has a lot going for it but it is behind the US in so many ways. I will always be grateful for the US and the blessing we all enjoy there. It truly is the promised land.
Need to give an update from last week’s letter on Kilimanjaro. When Shena got back to civilization, she went to the Doctor and he told her she had two cracked ribs. So I guess she wasn’t faking her pain and misery. She really was hurting. Tough kid!!!!
So for what happened this week. Rainy season is back and with it came the bugs. It makes me wonder where all the bugs go during the dry season. I never see any of them with their luggage packed and headed out of town for vacations when rainy season is over. This week it was little round black bugs and big grasshoppers. The hoppers were green and brown and about 3 inches long. Look kind of cool but there were just too many of them. Have to now beat my shoes on the floor before I put them on to make sure I don’t have any unwanted visitors.
The rain has done wonders for the area as far as greenery. The goats take everything living and eat it. So trees don’t have leaves that goats can reach and all levels areas are brown because the goats have eaten everything green. Now that the rains have started, it looks like astro turf in a lot of areas. There are little green blades of grass and weeds showing up through the brown dirt and rocks. Magadi looks pretty green instead of brown.
Was sitting in church yesterday and the opening song was a Christmas carol. As I was looking outside during the song I saw a banana tree in the church yard. Don’t think I would ever be singing Christmas songs and be looking at a banana tree. Just doesn’t seem like Christmas without cold and snow. Good thing everyone is not coming here for Christmas, I could really get the Scrooge spirit going for Christmas here.
Work will be exciting again this week. There is a Board meeting. So I will need to be on my best behavior. It should go pretty good because production has improved. November was a record production month and December isn’t too bad so far. Of course, I expected to get fired during the past Board meetings because things were going so bad, now things are going better I may get fired and not see it coming. So the week should go quickly with all that is going on.
There has been a slight change of plans. I’ll stop in SLC on my way home but then go on to Vegas. The forecast was for bad weather Saturday and Sunday so I’ll just keep going. Debi and Cherry will pick me up in Vegas. My flight arrives at 8:40 Vegas time.
Don’t look for any letters for a while (next addition 9-1-11); I’m on vacation!!!! Have a merry Christmas all!!!!!!
Love
Dad/paul
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