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The Birthday - and More It sounded like a sick forelorn cow, our morning alarm. In answer another cow bellowed and then another. Soon it was a chorus with with bells and crescandoing sounds as they drew closer and passed by the bedroom windows on their way to grazing. It's hard to imagine what they can find to graze as it is so dry and everything reasonably close is eaten to the ground. Herds often can be seen in fields that appear as if they have just been plowed. We shared a candle with Emily at breakfast to start her day of celebration. The female team members met and discussed how they would discuss health issues with the ladies of the village. I headed to Moshi, as know as Kilimanjaro, with Gladness to buy supplies for the playground equipment. When headed for the pickup, I found that it was filled with empty pop bottles with two Maasai women sitting on them. Every trip with a vehicle is a bus ride one way or another. In Moshi we went from shop to shop buying steel for the welder to assemble if he has electricty, wood, rope and plastic for the play equipment and rasied garden beds. It was interesting to watch Gladness, a woman in bue jeans, in a world of men among men. The board of Orphans Foundation Fund was meeting this evening and Gladness being on the board along with Senator WInters and Dr Lace both from Oregon and who are both in the country for this meeting was compelled to attend so her son Jestard drove us back to the village. There are no road signs, man made or natural, so it was not a surprise that we didn't know when path to follow back to the village. The other truck that we met in the desert gave us some directions and soon even I recognized some landmarks. By 2:00 or 3:00PM we rolled in to the compound for lunch. During this morning, back in the village, the remainder of the team visited the school and shared some gifts such as a soccer ball. They also had an interesting time with some of the women of the village but talking about health, HIV-AIDS and safe sex. The latter involved placing a condom on a model of a penis. The latter generated considerable giggling. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Next we climbed into the Land Rover and the back of the pic After the rice and beans supper a birthday cake was br ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |