Again the photos are giving me trouble... I hope I'll get this resolved over the weekend! In the meantime, please note that Cura is as technicolor as usual, and the children are as photogenic as you remember. All are still raving about last week's trip to Splash (water park) with Danielle and ask after everyone who's ever set foot in Cura!
Gilbert, my trustworthy and good-natured driver, and Jennifer, our latest Cura volunteer, and I made our way out there today, and were greeted in the usual crowded, raucous fashion. Grace and the other housemothers made sure we were fed and comfortable, while the children made sure our hair was sufficiently styled and our electronics were sufficiently co-opted.
The most notable change to Cura since my last visit is the landscaping around the church... That Edwin Kinyanjui (Vicar) doesn't mess around! But there are other changes, too: the water tanks Jordan and his friends funded are installed and full, Norman (the cow) is pregnant, while her daughter Anita stands by in disbelief, and a few of the older girls have moved on to secondary schools. Being there in Cura gives me such a concrete sense of where things stand -- I only hope I'll be able to keep up the pace of at least two visits a year from here on out.
Minette wasn't feeling well and was home from school, but she was perking up by the time Friday was winding down and the weekend was on its way... I guess pre-teens all over the world have certain basic characteristics in common!
More tomorrow,of course. Fingers crossed for photos.
-H
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