(Our computer is broken so we have limited oppurtunity to blog, also connection is not that great so we can't upload pictures, but I will when we get back to the states)
Arathena was a wreck during the night. She hadn’t eaten very much on the plane. Luckily we bought some water at the airport. During the night she was so hungry and we didn’t have any milk or food, but we had water and cheezits so that helped till morning.
We had breakfast at the Guest House and then we were off to do our shopping before we headed to Tenwek. I prayed that we would have a car seat today since the road to Tenwek is so bad and when the driver pulled up we did!
Our friends the Larsons who were missionaries to Kenya had prepared us mentally for this day. Alysia insured me that I would be able to get everything I need at Nakumatt and I was prepared for an intense shopping day.
As we pulled up to the store I quickly realized that this wasn’t NakumattJ I asked the driver if we were going to Nakumatt and he said no, I should be able to get everything I needed in this strip mall. He pointed to the grocery store, the butcher shop, and a produce market…AGH!!! I decided to check out the grocery store, I took one step in and walked right back to the driver to see if I could change his mind. He explained that Nakumatt was out of the way and we would hit traffic so I agreed and Christon and began our shopping spree as the boys watched the children.
A few hours later…J we bought as much as we thought we needed, had a quick bite to eat at the Java House, and we were off to Tenwek.
The roads have improved immensely since the last time we came in 2006. We took Dramamine for the drive, but I don’t think we actually needed it. Our driver made great time and in about 3 hours we were at Tenwek Hospital.
We dragged up all of our bags to our 3rd floor apartment. In some ways our one room studio apartment was better than I expected. There was a microwave and some basic cooking utensils. On the other hand, it is had to only have one room with kitchen, bed, and table when you have a child because there is no place to put them for nap or bedtime unless you are going to sleep at the same time they do.
We unloaded some of our groceries and then had a tour of the hospital. After dinner we just went right to bed. Arathena again had a hard time sleeping at night so we were up a lot. She loves milk when we are at home but will not touch the milk here. I am scared she will lose a lot of weight during this trip since she is a picky eater.
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