February 2nd
Today was not the most terribly exciting of days today.
I spent the morning writing some chemistry exams for
my SS 1s and 2s. After I finished that I spent some time
reading some article on Wikipedia. The internet here
isn’t great but it is good enough to let me load Wikipedia.
Some people may dispute the information there but it is
well cited and so I think it’s pretty correct. Lately I’ve
been reading about the Ancient Romans, their kingdom,
republic, empire and finally the fall. I love Ancient Rome,
which is why getting to go there was like a dream come
true. I went for a mission’s trip which was great but being
in Rome was just awesome! I am so going back one day,
for longer, and hopefully I can arrange some friends to go
with me. I know some who would like to go. Anyway, back
to now and Africa. I administered tests to my SS 1s and my
SS 2s. They were far from thrilled but one can’t fault them
for that, I always hated tests. My SS 3s still have theirs
coming up. Three guys from Itech arrived today, Tom (who
was hear back in November for the celebration) Gary and
Gene. They are all three pretty nice. They came for a
couple of days to work on the electrical systems he
hopefully they can do some stuff now too. They are trying
to make plans for an upcoming renovation to the hospital.
The hospital wants to grow but currently power is the
limiting factor. Anyway, I had a pretty relaxed evening
reading. I don’t what’s up exactly but I haven’t felt much
like going out at night like I used to. I think I’m just feeling
a little homesick. While it has seemed like the past four
months has gone fast, thinking about the roughly four
more to come has me a little down. I love the people here
but I am going to be so glad to see all of you when I come
home. Plus I think I’m just a little stressed out by everything.
I really need to work on some practical stuff for classes and I
don’t have any idea what to do really. I haven’t done this
type of lab stuff since general chemistry. The lab work I’ve
done over the last few years at school is way too complex
for here so I just need to try and figure out what I’m doing.
Anyway, not to make it seem like I’m too down. I’m not
really, it’s just a little bit and I’m not surprised in the least
bit. Anyway, have a good evening. I hope you are all well.

Blessings from Kamakwie,
Ryan Brooks