I feel for you, dude. Really, I do. You left this. For Portugal?
Whatever.
On a serious beat --- Hi. We miss you. But we’re glad you’re having a good time. I’m glad East West FORCED you to go . . . in a matter of words (thanks, Kurt) because I know you don’t like to leave us. But have fun. We’re just hanging out here. The kids have been doing their school in the morning (don’t they look thrilled in the photo I took this A.m.?)
At night - we play games. Like Monopoly. Or Taboo. Or Clue. Zach had a garage sale so Jordan came home with some new games. I know I’ve never allowed our kids to play Clue before but Bry’s going to be 18 this year and I didn’t want her to remember me as a stickler. And besides - - - I LET them play the Christian version “mystery museum” which makes NO SENSE since it’s about solving a crime of stealing. Okay - so stealing is okay to be entertained by but murder is wrong. Just couldn’t get over that one. So I gave in. Yes, we’re playing clue. Mr. Green did it in the Ballroom with Miss Scar . . .I mean, with the candlestick.
What kind of loser am I? I let my kids play CLUE!!!! I even play with them (I loved that game as a kid) No standards - at all. I used to be such a good mom . . . .
I also went and checked on Bry’s school situation of getting into a Kenyan school. That’s a picture of her sitting outside the principal’s office. We had to wait about an hour. They said to come back on Wednesday.
And I went to see a baby that was born. New one. The one that I had hoped to help deliver. I was so psyched. But she delivered at the hospital instead. I’m totally bummed. The baby is adorable, of course. His name is Juma. And he had 6 fingers on each hand. They went ahead and cut the extras off.
I had never seen that before. I kept thinking of the Princess Bride.
I also went shopping and bought a TON of stuff for the Legacy kids for this month. I ended with like 66 tubes of toothpaste. Of course, everyone at Ketia was sooooo nice about it and wanted to help me check out or push my cart or whatever. If Kenyans aren’t the friendliest people in the world - I don’t know who is. It was fun buying all that stuff for the kids. They’re stopping by tomorrow to get it. I can’t wait to see them. I saw Maxi & Jovlet today when I went walking. They were coming home from school. And they DID NOT look like orphans. They looked so nice and cared for. I think I got a tear in my eye. A dream come true!
I had to postpone my walking to this afternoon, though, cuz this morning when I walked Kat to school, I got a blister (by the way - Kat got her first loose tooth today). My blister was soooo bad that I had to take off my shoes and walk home (all the way home) barefoot. I took another path rather than the one with all those seed-things that I like to step on and then later pull out of the bottom of my shoe. I didn’t think pulling them from the bottom of my foot would be so nice.
You WOULDN’T have wanted to give me a foot rub when I got home. Yuck. But I’m cool now.
I’ve been being boring while you’re gone. I’m working on the accounting stuff for Legacy. (why oh why won’t God send us an accountant missionary!!!?)
Oh yeah - Musa stopped by today. Everything is cool for the food for the people in West Pokot and the building of the school. I also finished the edits on my next book (Keeping it Real) today and I think the editors totally rock. I love what they did with it. They’re like in their 20s so their brains are still fresh. I’m the lucky girl who gets them! So that project is now DONE. YES!
We miss you. The kids miss your cooking. I can get the food out there and they’re not starving - but it’s lacking in something. . . um, flavor?! I, though, can do without good food. What I do miss is your feet. Angel feet. Especially at night. And those hands . . . . But you’ll be back on Thursday. That’s only 1 week total. Not bad. I did get a little Irish-UP today and got T-Od, though, because our internet quit RIGHT WHEN I WAS SENDING IN BRY’S FAFSA APP. (oh, yeah - by the way - I finished our taxes on Saturday - phew) and I was so bummed because they said you could only access that page ONCE and our electricity went out as I was doing that. And I assumed then that I had reached the END of all things college for our dear, sweet Bryanne. But then Moses picked me up to go do some stuff and when we were out -- - - I totally got God’s peace all over me again. It was WAY cool. It just came over me. Moses started talking to me about his sister Josephine and her school and I started focusing outside of myself again - like on Josephine and Moses and how they are orphaned and how I am fortunate that I can even BE applying for our daughter for college at all. That I’m alive. That our kids have parents. Moses’ siblings are struggling just to finish high school. And so I started to see how I could help them and all my ugly feelings of frustration just vanished. We were able to clear Moses’ vehicle loan today with donations and I felt like God totally blessed that - God totally loves orphans - and totally takes care of everything on His own terms. He was like, “Heather - girl - just do what I tell you to do: love mercy, do justice and walk humbly with me. If you do that - I’ll take care of everything.”
So I let go. Was laughing again. No more TO’d. And turned to God. And was pumped that I even got a chance in my undeserving life to help someone else - someone so cool like MOses & Esther & his family. Why am I so lucky? And after our stuff was done, I came back home - and guess what? Yep - the FAFSA webpage worked ! God is too good.
We have water, by the way. They aren’t pumping but it’s been raining - so we’re still flushing. Washing. And missing you. We have electricity, too. For the most part. It’s been cutting out every day but we were able to get a propane bottle for the stove a couple of days ago [they are back in stock] so we’re eating even when the electricity is out.
I love you. You’re my hot dude. And I can’t wait to see you on Thursday.
do not hesitate. mE.
