I made Chapatis!

Life this week has been hectic. I feel like a stickshift car being driven by a new driver. One of my coworkers from Longview is here until tomorrow to prepare for a conference in Tanzania next week. Since I am not a P&O what I can do is limited and I feel like I'm in the way. I hear about all the frustration people around me have working with Kenyans, but right now I see mostly potential, not faults. I may feel differently later but for now I'm torn between two worlds.

This week I started trying to cook Kenyan food. I started with Ugali. Flop. It tasted more like cold grits. This morning I made Chapati. Success. They turned out pretty well and my coworkers are impressed! =)

I really want to be of use to those around me, yet when I tried this morning to modify a knee for use with extension assist cords, I flopped. The file slipped and instead of a nice groove, I nicked off a corner of the small barrier on one side. Babu (Kenyan name for my LIMBS Coworker) said I should have been going slower and been more careful. It seems for me in life, I am either too fast or too slow never just right. Yes, I am upset/discouraged right now. I do not want to disappoint those who sent me here. I want to show I can do a good job, yet every time I try, it seems like I fail.

I don't know what God is teaching me, but I hope I learn it soon.

I enjoy working with Kenyans. They are patient and understanding when I make mistakes.

Jehovah-Jireh

So in my last email update I said that my computer was not working. Well, God provides. He gave me access to a desktop for the weekend! Praise the Lord!

Let's Communicate!

God sent me to Kenya at just the right time for Alex. There is a conference coming up that both Alex (the head of the brace shop at AIC-Cure) and Ricc (consulting P&O with LIMBS International) are attending. There has been an on going struggle with communication between the two. Ricc arrives in Kijabe on Monday and wants to make sure everything worked out. The last two days I have been helping Alex respond to Ricc's emails in such a way that Ricc gets the answers to the questions he asked, whether this means explaining Ricc's question or helping Alex word the reply email in such a way that Ricc understands what Alex is saying. I am very happy to be of such assistence!

Hello Blog world!

This is officially my first blog post in Kenya (or anywhere actually). Welcome. I hope to update this on a regular basis with pictures, prayer requests, praises, general updates on my life in Kenya.