It’s cold here today in Africa. Steve is at the clinic hopefully wrapping things up with three clients. Two are coming today to try on their new legs, Lord willing they will be a perfect fit. The last week is always stressful as there isn’t much time to make corrections if things don’t fit well.
Remi and I are in the apartment. It rained all night and the roads are very muddy. We ventured out earlier to the market to buy some oranges and bananas. The market is just on the other side of the road from our apartment complex, but it is always challenging getting to the other side. There are only two lanes of traffic, at least that was how the road was built, but there are usually at least four lanes being utilized. We run every time and each time I can’t help but think that this is how so many of our patients lost their leg! Remi is used to waiting until I say go, and then we sprint. Everyone around us gets a kick of watching the foreigners, muzungos, translated, white people, run. 🙂
We are having Stephen and his wife Joy over for dinner tonight. Stephen has been a surprise blessing from the Lord this trip. He has been Steve’s driver, but the Lord worked it out that he has also been available to work at the clinic everyday with Steve. (A potential student, maybe?) Stephen is a natural evangelist and along with Steve has shared the gospel with every patient. He and Steve have quickly become good friends. Joy, his wife, is a pastor at a church and equally fun. We always feel so alone in new places, and then the Lord surprises us with new friends, a brother and a sister.
I am making a new dish. I have learned to try and be creative with what foods are available and what cooking equipment is in whatever rental we are in. So it’s ground beef, shredded carrots, onion, tomato and some bell pepper, seasoned with some taco seasoning I brought from the States. I am topping it with homemade corn bread mix and baking it in the toaster oven as that is all we have. It was inspired by some chicken enchilada muffins I used to make in Bolivia. We will top it with some tomato, onion and cilantro salad. Hope it turns out!
*** Update since writing this, two of the legs fit great, the third fit great after about a day or two of adjustments. Each person was so thankful to walk again and know that it was only because of God’s grace.
It’s great to hear details about your daily life in Kenya!! And your creative meal sounds yummy!