We’ve been in here a month. There has not been rain for a few weeks now so our water tank is getting low. We have resorted to doing our laundry in a small spring in someone’s garden nearby. The amount of flies because of the non-rainy season is millions. Even though I have screens and a screen on my front door so many flies come in per day. They’re most annoying when they land on you and you’re sweating which is always! I’ve been able to learn more of the language, pretty much just nouns and verbs but Caleb has grown immensely with the language and can speak a lot more.

Bella right now has a low-grade fever and swollen lymph nodes. Probably some kind of virus.

Last week Elijah had a very bad boil on his back that started to cause him to be sick with a fever but thankfully with a course of antibiotics it’s all gone now. We keep praying for rain. This week will be a full normal week with just schooling and Caleb learning the language with workers who are here to do things on the property. Then next week Caleb will be taking a trip to another village about three hours up the river. He’ll be going with 5 other men from our village for two nights. I’ll be here with both kids and the day after he returns will be my birthday. Sometimes it’s very challenging for me to be here and sometimes it’s not. The days that I’m around people and able to do medicine, and have conversations with many people I feel like I could live here forever. And the days that I miss my family, my friends, normalcy, and my American culture that’s when I become discouraged. Thankfully God knows this and has given me much grace throughout our time here.

“But he said to me “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

- 2 Corinthians 12:9