I'll start with a prayer request: Mama Cedrick, a lady that attends the church here in Malindi and works here at the house during the week, is traveling across the country to Western to be with her mom. Her mother was attacked and very badly injured. The attackers did serious damage to her face and arm. Please join me in praying for Mama Cedrick and her mother. She is worried that her mother will not make it. Please say a prayer for her mother's healing.
Also in the headlines today: the snake at the Crocodile Farm that we take pictures with was stolen last night. For all of you who got your picture taken with the giant python, cherish those memories. For those coming in July, unless they get a new one, you're off the hook. It really is awful, though, that people have to steal giant snakes when they can just go in the jungle and find one. I mean really.
Speaking of thievery, let me tell you about our interesting night the other night. (Just so you know, this is all hearsay because I actually slept through most of this) Our askari, Ricklynn, is new to his job. He's only been our night guard for about 2 weeks. On his night off last week, someone climbed over the wall and stole our lawnmower. Creepy, I know. Then earlier this week, Ricklynn was walking around the compound around 1:30AM ish and saw one of the lights go off in the back. On his way to check it out, he saw a shadow. He very stealthily moved around the compound in order to assess the situation before taking action. He then noticed that his bike was missing....wait....it was halfway over the wall! Someone was trying to steal his bicycle! He grabbed the slasher (a blade they use to cut the grass) and banged on the tin roof of the shed out back as he's screaming "MWIZI! MWIZI!" (thief). This noise sounded like gunshots. Ricklynn then began beating on his bike and the thief ran off. The guard next door thought our askari had gotten shot and pushed his alarm button. See, the houses on both sides of us have this alarm system. When the buttons are pressed, guards come immediately to all of the properties around us. So the alarm system guards came and checked things out. All I have to say is God is good. We are extremely thankful that Ricklynn is all right and that his bicycle was retrieved before it got all the way over the wall. The next day, Brother Scott went and got some more razor wire to put on top of that part of the wall. I don't think anyone is going to attempt to come on the property again.
On Thursdays we have a ladies' Bible study. So last Thursday we went to Laura's house to meet. We are going through Beth Moore's Esther study. The study goes through the book of Esther and looks at different reasons that "It's tough being a woman." This week it is "It's tough being a woman in a mean world." Ain't that the truth this week.
This past Sunday, Father's Day, we attended church here in Malindi. I got to see some of the people I met last year on our mission trip, so that was neat. We then went out to an Indian restaurant for lunch. We were the only people there. There aren't a lot of people that go out to eat, but I guess on a Sunday afternoon there are even fewer. TOTALLY different than back home where ALL the restaurants are packed between 11 and 2. I made brownies that afternoon and we had our English service here at the house with Christine where we talked about the genealogy of Christ.
After focusing on the plumbing issues, we moved on to painting. I painted the living room of the guest house behind our house and then painted the floors in the guest house behind the Taylor's house. I still need to go back and paint where the beds were, but I decided to let everything else dry first. When I went in there today, there was a baby lizard stuck to the wet paint. It was sad. Side note: oil-based floor paint in small areas = fumes not so good.
In other news, it was a little difficult not being able to be with my dad on Father's day. Sometimes it's hard being away from home, especially when there is down time to think about it. I do miss all of the normal summer activities that I am usually undertaking, but God is growing me. I'm learning and living. I'm thankful for the opportunities that God has given me. Here are a few pictures from this past week. Enjoy!
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