Life in Kilema

I thought I would post some pictures of life around our house. I have posted one of the kids in the stinky pig pen with the piglets...the one behind our house. One of Patrick playing with Jack and Hannah and Yeska and Jackson our neighbors (children on Dr. Massawi,one of the docs who works at the Kilema Hospital). I have also posted a picture of Jack on the hill behind our house. There is a huge hill with a catholic shrine that has the most spectacular view of the Pare Mountains and into Kenya (which is only 20 minutes from here).
We are in Dar es salaam right now after an 8 hour hot bus ride (we are on budget travel!). We will visit Malinga again this afternoon and see if he will come to the hotel for a 'sleep-over'. It will still be another few weeks before he can live with us. It has been hard in that respect but that is how the system works. Please include us in your positive thoughts and prayers that the system works in our favour in terms of timing.
I have also posted a picutre of the 'meat shop' in Marangu. We passed it on the way home from a caravan stop last week. This, my friends, is the reason I have sworn off meat...that and the threat of Rift Valley Fever that has infected animals in Kenya. Jack has also learned how to kill and pluck the chickens that the 'chef' was preparing for the caravaners. Eric was our cook and he gave jack a real-life lesson about where the food we eat comes from. The fun never stops....you have to keep your sense of humour intact!