It’s been raining lately and that’s a good thing, a very good thing! The shamba is growing, we’ve expanded the existing shamba and have more vegetables planted:
The rain also helps keep the dust, that is ever present here, down. But the soil (called “cotton soil”) around C4KK is very difficult to drive in once it gets even a drop of water on it. It changes from a powdery type dust to a clay/quicksand type soil. Sticks to everything and is very slippery. If you walk in it you’ll gain about 10 lbs and be a few inches taller from it sticking to your shoes! It actually reminds me of the mud treatments you can get at salons! But for the truck it makes it hard to drive in…you slip and slide across the road and have an inch of mud caked on the tires.
The past few days the guys have been digging where the water tank stand will be placed:
Then on Wednesday the water tank stand was delivered:
small truck...large stand!
an awkward piece of equipment!
it fit!
This next picture reminded me of our son, Justin, who had boxing matches in our backyard in Phoenix…I think he would like this “boxing ring”!
we just need some boxing gloves!
Lastly I saw this bug…I only saw it because it jumped at me, otherwise I probably would have walked right by it.
Chuck and I have been cleaning windows the past few days and now the glass is so clean it doesn’t look like there is glass in the windows! We are in the process of getting estimates for curtains, painting the rooms with a second (and then third) coat of paint, painting the veranda walls and outside areas…working to get the kids and Ann moved in soon!
Please remember we have a matching donation (at the time of this writing we are 1/2 way to meeting the match!) until October 31st up to $10,000…if you’d like to help, please visit our donation page and choose “Children’s Shelter (C4KK) and Farm Project” from the allocation drop down box and your donation will automatically be doubled! Thanks in advance for your support – both financially and prayerfully.