Monday, September 15, 2008

Old Fashioned Cooking

Here are some random but funny photos of todays various events...

We were about to leave the house to go to Oasis and just as we were leaving we spotted a lizard in the house...


Chris & his weapon...


This guys hands are HUGE! Allison says I look like a Lillipution


Our propane tank went out this evening so this is how I had to cook dinner...


Rice, Corn, and Chicken were all made on this...

5:19

So it's a beautiful day in Kitale...we made it through the night safely after our (unnecessary?) scare and had a good morning at Oasis and in town...
But Im super sad...Today Im having a rough day and trying hard to not miss home. And when i say miss home, I dont mean in the sense of wanting to move back or anything.

It has just been a big weekend in Nashville as far as stuff going on and for the first time I'm having a really hard time not getting over not being there.

Theres another big event tonight that Im missing the most and it involves my best
friend and one of my favorite places in the world...

I feel bad for Allison because she has seen me crying randomly throughout the day for no apparent reason. I just cant help it...Since Ive been here I havent wanted to be back in the states as much as I do today...
Even as Im writing this, with tears in my eyes, Im looking at my wallpaper on my computer, which is all the Oasis boys (Evans, Moses, Martin, Timothy, Paul, John, Edwin, Steward, Braum, Elvis, Jonah, Joseph, Johnstone...) and Im reminded of why I'm so happy here, why I feel at home here...
So it cancels out the tears for a minute before I start crying again and selfishly wishing I could just go home for today and come back tomorrow...
If only right?!

What Are You Doing Up @ 2:45 in the AM?

...Oh I dont know, hearing noises...
I dont know what it was we heard but it was freaky enough to wake Allison up at 1AM and enough for her to wake me up and put our friend that works at the prison, James, on speed dial...
We still havent figured out what the sound was but were safe and its gone and now we cant sleep...hence the random blog...
On a lighter note, we had to make dinner in the dark...
Homemade hamburgers and fries!