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Published: April 12th 2008
Bird Watching
Tony took some great pics of birds outside our hotel in Nairobi while we were waiting for our ride to Maua to pick us up.Hello from Meru! We have safely arrived at our destination for the next 6 weeks! This is truly something to be thankful for, especially after our long drive here through curvy, winding mountain roads! According to our missionary hosts, the only way they have lost fellow missionaries has been road-related accidents (no disease-related deaths), and there is a funeral today for 4 people in the Maua community who died on the road to Nairobi recently. Tony and I rode back to Meru with the hospital group of 7 (for a total of 9 in the van), plus all of our various luggage. We sat in the back of the van, and Tony tried to use the seatback in front of him to help the driver to steer the car😊. All except Tony and the driver nodded off at some point during the trip. We were picked up at 2pm (one hour later than expected, but that also is to be expected!), then drove one hour to pick up the rest of the group from the conference center. We finally arrived in Meru at 9:30pm, and were met by Bill Savuto, one of the missionaries. He and his wife Jerri graciously shared
Pretty blue bird
Another bird shot. food with us, as we arrived quite hungry! We were shown to our apartment for the time while we live here. It is about the size of our apartment in Seattle, with concrete floors which have been painted red. The shower is heated with an electrical heater which you turn on when you are taking a shower. Drinking water is boiled, then filtered to avoid such things as diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis, and typhoid. We are also using this water to brush our teeth with, something I never did while in Mexico!
Today we were shown around the town by Bill, who was so gracious to help us get groceries and show us where to get out cash and use the internet. I am typing this blog in our apartment, and will save the info on a USB key to take to the café and send. The internet café is across the street, and they charge 3 shillings a minute (62 shillings = 1 US dollar), except on Mondays when they have no electricity and must charge more since they use a generator. Tony met up with the bishop and the leader of the youth in the Nyambene Synod (the
Riding to Maua
Here is the view from where we sat in the back of the hospital van for the 6 and a half hour ride from Nairobi. district including Maua), whom Tony will be travelling around with while he is here. He also got to meet the computer/tech guy at the hospital, with whom he will also be working with while he is not out on the circuit. I was introduced to Mary, the head nurse at the Maua Methodist Hospital. She and I have an appointment to meet on Tuesday to discuss where in the hospital I will be able to work while I am here. Jerri has suggested that I team up with a British nurse who is works on the medical floor on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and also heads up the Palliative care program (for AIDS patients). So we will see!
Tomorrow we plan to drive with the Savutos (Bill and Jerri) the one hour drive to Meru, where we may buy supplies for our apartment which we were unable to get here in Maua. Right now it is POURING out, so I may not have a chance to walk across the street until tomorrow to post this, but I will do so as soon as I can.
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Tom Carlson
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Thanks
Again, thanks for the update. We remember you every Sunday at worship. Pastor Tom