We had a good day yesterday. We went to the Kathiri Church this morning because that is where Lorena usually goes; today is her last day in Kamakwie before heading back to USA, so we all wanted to celebrate with her. In the afternoon, we visited with some of the other missionaries and just generally had a relaxing day.
It has been unbearably hot in the afternoons; one of the students told us that March is the hottest month; however, Tom & Karen think April is just as hot. They told us last night we have a ways to go with the heat because currently, it still cools down at night. They tell us that after we’ve had a few days where it is just as hot all night as it is all day L, then it will start getting cooler J. One evening after it had gotten cooler, Bud went up to Asher’s home for something and noticed their thermometer which read 92 degrees with humidity at 68 %! We feel quite certain it is well above 100 during the late morning and afternoon….I told Bud my next stop is Alaska.
The students learned rescue breathing this morning in class and were very excited to see the chest on the manikin rise and fall as they blew in a breath…it is really fun to see their expressions as they learn new things. This afternoon Philip and Angela (med students) taught them some basic principles about genetics and about blood typing and the importance of an individual receiving the correct blood type when receiving a blood transfusion. We used clay models to demonstrate the blood types and colored toothpicks to indicate the Rh factors. They seemed to catch on rather quickly.
Attached is a picture of our students with Meredith Thornton.
Rev. Usman Fornah, the National Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church, stopped by for a few minutes this afternoon after having finished a District Meeting. He is currently visiting all the Districts in Sierra Leone.
Bud has had a frustrating few days; last Friday he added kerosene to the refrigerator after which it kept going out. He kept trying Saturday and Sunday, cleaning all the parts, relighting it, etc. etc. without success. He finally decided sometime on Saturday that we must have contaminated kerosene (probably has some diesel fuel in it). We finally had to transfer our frozen items to another frig on the compound. Today, a gentleman from KWH came up to look at it, cleaned it one more time, started it, and now, about 8 hours later, it is still running and actually getting cold!! We are very grateful.
One of the students indicated today a desire to use a computer, so I shall start trying to teach him some basic computer skills this next Saturday. He is a bright student so I am guessing he will learn fairly quickly; it will be fun to see him learn this new skill. They do have a computer lab in the town which people can come and use. At least one other student is fairly competent on the computer.
Fresh out of news, so until next time…..
