December 15th

So Emma, Tom, Karen and the Emmits all left this morning so Im
alone with the Africans for the next four days (excluding the Mahrs
but I see them very little) but that’s ok by me. I enjoy spending
time with Samuel, Solomon and the other couple of Africans I
generally see around. I spent the morning reading then I went
down to the market to try and find some gifts for some people
here. I was told that the closer you get to Christmas the higher
prices in town climb so I wanted to get them now. I was not feeling
well so I went back up to the house and lay down for several hours
to wait for Solomon to get done working so we could go to the
village at two. I’m not sure what’s up but I just haven’t been
feeling well the last couple of days. I went down a little after 2 and
found him but he couldn’t go because he had to stay at the
hospital because the guy who was supposed to be on this
afternoon left town because his uncle passed away. So I just talked
with him for a while before returning home to make dinner (not
that I really made it, Karen had it prepared and in the freezer).
Some Christmas carolers were supposed to come by at 7 but after
waiting around for a while I decided to leave and go hang out with
Solomon for a little while. He didn’t want to go for a walk but he
needed some phone credits so we went for a short walk, which
turned into a long walk as we tried to find a place that had credits.
On the way back we ran into the people who were supposed to
carol at the house, apparently Karen was misinformed as to the
time. So we listened to them sing a few songs, it was weird to be
sweating and listening to Christmas carols, it just doesn’t feel like 9
days to Christmas. Anyway, that’s about it for today, good night
all.

Blessings from Kamakwie,
Ryan Brooks