On Monday morning, my throat was really sore. I asked George to take a look and he found a white spot in there. I came down with strep throat. This is the third time I have had it in six months. Fortunately, I was in the middle of a medical camp so I talked to one of the doctors and visited the pharmacy area to get medicine. The next day, my throat hurt so badly, I decided to stay at the hotel. It turned out to be much needed for me and Eli. At the camp, there was nowhere for Eli to sleep so he ended up falling asleep on me towards the end of the day. On Tuesday when we stayed back, he took a three hour nap. Poor guy was exhausted. He had been sleeping very badly at night and desperately needed rest. Due to the lack of sleep and strep throat, I did too.
I wondered what we would do all day at the hotel, but we had plenty to keep ourselves busy. My amazing and generous Mom, put a whole suitcase together for us that came with the team. It was full of fun and much needed stuff. I sent her a few requests for things we needed (bug spray, lotion, batteries, etc.), but she filled the rest with cool stuff for all of us. We all scored, but since it was my and Eli's birthdays (post soon to come), we really made out. Eli got a ton of clothes and fun toys. Toys are so special because we have so few for him. Here he is napping with Olaf and Christmas Bear. Later he played with his Furby forever! I think the hotel staff members were freaked out by it!
Some of the team members blessed us with things for Eli as well. Clothes, shoes, and toys. He got a few cars and lots of little people to put in them. He had a blast driving them all over the hotel.
Eli got another special gift. One of the team members, Kathy, a pharmacist from Australia, was so kind to Eli. She was so helpful and willing to hold him and play with him. During the week, she knitted him a hat! We called it his "Shrek" hat. I really enjoyed the time I spent with Kathy.
On the last day of the medical camp, the team stayed to play games with the kids.
Here is Sue taking a photo of some kids as we were leaving. They love to have their picture taken and see themselves.
Every time we go from Kisumu to the village, we cross the Equator, which I think is really cool. I always harass George about stopping to take a photo, but usually it's too hard to stop suddenly. This time he was prepared and I finally got my picture on the Equator.
More random photos to come as I get them from others.
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