May 12 & 13

Monday we had to take the truck in to Maxwell Adventist Academy to have the mechanic re-do parts of the engine that had just been done 2 weeks earlier in town. That was a bit discouraging, but hopefully now we have a good mechanic that will keep us running until the Lord brings a vehicle that will be safer and more reliable. He has a plan and we are just waiting on Him to take care of it. We were able to work in the office most of the day.

Tuesday we caught a ride with the Academy Driver into Nairobi and were able to do a little shopping and get on email. That was nice to be able to catch up on things and hear from you guys and our families back in the US. We stopped by to check with the mechanic on the truck and hopefully it will be ready on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.

James the garden boy has been digging up a termite mound in search of the queen... if you remove the queen then the termites will move away. Anyhow I was dismayed to find that while we were in town they had found a small brown house snake and killed it. Brown House Snakes are harmless and make great pets. Jan and I differ greatly on our opinions of snakes, sometimes I don't think there is hope for her, but maybe if I keep working on her she might change her mind and think that the only good snake is a dead snake!

kim