Rain and more rain

I think I better get another entry done or I will be in trouble again for going so long:)

We have been having rain almost every day and while that does bring the temps down to the mid 80's, the humidity is almost 100% and it is worse than Ohio in August! When we (yes, we! Lynn has started walking with me) go walking in the morning the air may be cool but after a few minutes we are sweating like crazy and breathing is hard in the humidity. The mosquitos are REALLY bad right now but since they like Lynn and not me I am not bothered:) I know, not very nice of me is it. We are trying all kinds of sprays and natural traps and not much is working so we may have to give in and buy a mosquito net:( We have liked not having one but with Lynn being bothered every night and even in the evenings we may have to to avoid him getting malaria. The hospitals and clinics are full right now with people with malaria and typhoid. This is normal for this time of year.

I was so proud of myself - I started my own sourdough starter and baked with it but Lynn and I decided that for out here it is just easier to make regular bread. The process is just to long to do here when we have no idea what we will be doing from day to day.

Lynn has been working on plans for schools of different sizes and getting prices for things. I went along with him on one of the price shopping trips and it was fun. We were talking in 3 different languages, Arabic, Swahili and English, and everyone was getting a laugh out of our attempts in Arabic. Lynn is doing pretty good anymore and I, well, I am not doing as well. I do understand but am afraid to try and say anything. Anyway, the lumber places always have guys who are willing to talk with you and help you understand and there is lots of laughing. If Lynn does not understand something that was said I tell them that he is old and cannot hear and I say it in Arabic which really makes them laugh.

I have been going to the office about twice a week and it has been good. The Moderator and the Treasurer are really nice men and we have lots of laughter and good conversations. We do get some work done too!! I usually ride the bus to the office and then walk home (30-40 min). It would work better to walk down and ride back but it is really hard to get a bus back and I don't want to walk both ways - I am NOT that ambitious:)

The General Secretary for the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan is in Khartoum waiting to have back surgery so if you could keep him in your prayers we would appreciate it. He has to wait until he has the funds to have the surgery so we are not sure when it will happen. This makes things interesting in the office since he did a lot of the letter writing and signing of papers but so far the men in the office are making it work.

We are hoping to go to a school site this week and talk with the people there about what they want and let them know what we can do so maybe next entry will have some pictures of that place. It feels so good to actually have something to do!

I can't believe we have been here for 8 months already and that we are looking at the calendar to start planning our trip home next year.