End of October

Okay, it is really hot. We though 100F was hot, this whole past week was 120F. I am grateful that our bodies have somewhat adjusted to this heat. Thursday evening we had our first rains. They lasted about an hour, this is called the mango rain. So called, because within two weeks the rain will have ripened all mangoes and they will all fall off the trees. It is the warning before the real rains come. There is normally a two to three week gap between. Now the farmers will all make sure their fields are ready for planting. The school term ends next week so all students can help their parents work in the fields. I think they have a two month break.

We have a cell phone tower that now marks the turn off to our house from the highway! We can see it from our yard, it makes communication so very nice! No more holding the cell phone in the right exact spot tilted at just the right angle! Now even in our house we have good coverage! We are happy! 



We visited Amos who is our site mate’s (Jen) counterpart. He had his first child three months ago, so we went to see him. He is adorable. Sleeps a lot, but with it so hot, I would too if I could! Custom is to give a gift for the baby or parents so we gave a jar of jam and brightly colored fabric measuring a meter and a half square.




Last Christmas our Agogo (Grandparents) gave us a male chicken. One of the Nkook boys stole it and sold it off. Then we were told the Agogo gave us a hen. We went away awhile and asked for them to hold it till we returned. It laid eggs so they kept it so it could raise its young. Tuesday they came over with 4 chickens, 2 male 2female. The babies of the hen. They are almost full grown. We gave one male to our neighbor to prepare for lunch, the rest we kept in the kitchen till nightfall when we snuck them in the hen house. This makes for easy integration.



Mphostso was about to burst when we left for the city. We hope she has her pup(s) soon. Mwamboli is doing very well. She is so very healthy. We looked back at the photos from when we got her, she has improved 100 percent!