July 9

The mother in this picture stopped to wave at me because her toddler was fascinated by the muzungu. I love the look on this toddler's face; she's thinking something like, "what kind of weird alien are you anyway?" I get that a lot here.

The other picture is of a shrub on the hospital property. I liked the purple flowers, as well as the care that the grounds keepers had taken in spelling out the word "Isuku" in alternating colored plants below it. I asked my friend Rose, the travallier (housekeeper/jack of all trades), what isuku means, and she said it means "clean". Well, that's a pretty good word to go around planting at a hospital. Both the hospital and the mission are very well maintained, very clean. A housekeeper tries to come in and clean my little apartment every day, and if I'm here, I'll tell her no thanks. I'm not quite so messy that someone has to come in and clean up after me every day!

I finished my current project today (hospital billing evaluation) and e-mailed off my report to the British missionary/administrator here. Only 2 weeks remaining now. I think I can get a couple of more things finished before I leave. Though I've had a good trip, I'm looking forward to coming home. :)