January 25th

I went down to the hospital and did rounds this morning with
Tom. We ended up going around the whole hospital and seeing
every ward and almost every patient. I like seeing the pediatric
ward because that’s where all the little kids are and I love kids.
But it’s also a hard ward to do because it’s hard to see the little
kids sick, especially as sick as some of them are. But the kids
there today are all pretty healthy. They are all old cases who
are just waiting till they are well enough to go home. After we
finished rounds it was time for lunch so Tom and I headed up to
the house. Classes went ok, nothing really notable about them.
We are slowly but surely making progress in all areas. After
classes I met up with Solomon around 5:20 or so to take the
Honda over to see the tailor to pick up the stuff we had asked
him to make. I drove and it was an interesting experience. It
wasn’t too bad but I had to learn how to go up a hill, because I
stalled the bike going up my first hill. I didn’t know I needed to
lower the gears to get up a hill, and Solomon kept saying “raise
it” by which he meant accelerate and I thought he meant the
gears, so I raised the gear, and proceeded to stall. Then we had
a little conversation to sort out what he meant by the things he
was saying. Once we got that all sorted out things went fine.
We made it to the tailor’s but he wasn’t there and his kids
couldn’t find him so his daughter said if he came back she
would bring the stuff to the house. Since we had no more
reason to be there we headed back up to the house. I made it
successfully to the hospital which involved climbing two hills
and I managed both without stalling. Solomon said I did a good
job, which means he thinks I did a good job because if he
thought I did badly he would have definitely let me know. After
dinner Tom and I decided a movie would be good. So we
watched National Treasure 2. I love them so I’m glad they at
least have the second one here. Tom went to bed shortly after
the movie and I think I’m just about to do the same. Good night all.

Blessings from Kamakwie,
Ryan Brooks