March 5th



It was 112 degrees today, and it felt like it too. It
was a miserably hot day and it was hard to feel
like doing much of anything. I did make a massive
batch of bread, six loaves, for Karen. She has been
on a real kick to have home baked bread lately,
which is ok by me because I love making bread
almost as much as I love eating it. Not too long
after I had finished making the bread Saidu and
Foday stopped by and wanted me to go with
them to the games but it was too hot to go out
in the sun and I had already gone yesterday and
Abu told me most of the events would be
repeated today. Also, I didn’t want to be there
when they concluded because I was told that
the games had led to fighting and general
disorder on the part of the losing house since
only the fourth place house won nothing, the
other three houses got money I guess was
supposed to go to the house masters to pay for
food for a celebration, I could never get a clear
answer so I refused to give anything to it. I have
a sinking suspicion that most of the money that
goes to the house masters stays there, based on
the other things I’ve seen here. Now, I may be
mistaken, and I would be glad to be mistaken,
but I couldn’t be certain and I didn’t want to see
money that I might use to help go there. Anyway,
this afternoon was not the most productive
afternoon. I laid down to rest for a little bit, and
managed to sleep for around three hours instead.
Unintentional but it occurred nonetheless and so
I didn’t do a whole lot. With Solomon gone and
the 6 girls pretty much sequestering themselves
over in their house I don’t have a whole lot to do
at night so it was a relatively short day.

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ”
-Philippians 1:2

Blessings from Kamakwie,
Ryan Brook