Malony

Yesterday Dennis, Sabet and I went to the village of Malony. It's about 45 minutes away. On our way we saw tons of birds. It must be mating season. It was very bizarre and a little creepy. The cranes were pretty, but there were a bunch of giant birds walking around. They reminded me of a mix between vultures and storks. Has anyone seen "The Dark Crystal?" That movie terrified me as a child! I was shocked to find out as an adult it's all puppets! Anyway, the birds reminded me of the creatures in that movie.


(Cranes)

We first started working with Malony in January when we had two visitors from Australia, Mick and Andy, stay with us. They came to build a school there. They asked us if we would help them set up a medical clinic. Recently we moved our container there since we will have a new one arriving. We wanted to make sure it made it which is why we went yesterday to visit the village.



It's a community focused on farming and cattle so they are very spread out. There were a few people near the container who greeted us warmly. Some of the men were playing a game with dominoes. I have know idea what the rules were. It seemed like they were just throwing the dominoes down and slapping the board.



We visited with them for a bit and then took a look at the container. It will be used as a small clinic until another structure can be built. We will start by going there once a week to run a free clinic. Then we were shown their current school which is just some benches under a tree.



Lastly we visited the site were the new school will be. It's still in the early stage of construction, but it was neat to see the progress that has been made.



It was a lot of fun to visit another village. I enjoy the ride on the bumpy roads and getting to meet new people.