Day 12

My day was started at Crossroads Church. What an amazing church! I greeted guests this morning. Everyone is so personable and friendly. After service I mingled among the crowd. During that time I was asked out on a date! He seemed a bit nervous, but thoughtfully asked if I’d like to go to a Christian drama with him this evening. I kindly declined because I know nothing about him. However, it was a sweet gesture.

On another thought – I have 5 huge mosquito bites. They are swollen, itchy and painful! My heart sure does go out to the kids that have to deal with this in the villages. They have it much worse than I, because they don’t have the option to be protected from mosquitoes with nets or bug spray. They also don’t have malaria medication to protect themselves from sickness.

The Kenya group raised the idea to start a fund for mosquito nets for our kids in the centers. I think that is a fantastic idea. The children that get sick with malaria have difficulties during studying. They cannot learn in that condition. Malaria is a terrible sickness. According to http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=61000 Malaria is the number one killer in Africa. “Three million people die of the disease every year worldwide, most of them in Africa.”

The swelling has gone down quite a bit on my ring finger. Another one of the bites was 3 times this size on my other hand. Imagine a little child dealing with that all over his or her body and then getting sick. It's a sad thought! :(