Pin the Beak on the Turkey

okay, please help me out here...do turkeys even have beaks? i start imagining things when i'm away from the familiar. i had the kids at both juvenile homes play pin the beak on the turkey. this was quite a smashing success i think. it was a bit crazy b/c we did this with 5 groups of kids (that's about 3 hours total) of 20 each. and of course we had a few peakers. but we solved this by giving a prize to the person who actually put the beak the farthest away from the right spot b/c at least those people were honest. in any case, they had fun laughing at each other. i told them all about american thanksgiving, the pilgrims, and giving thanks to God. then this afternoon i brought beads and string and they were all making bracelets, necklaces, rings, etc. they were so into this, so i guess we'll have to do some more next week.

yesterday i was meeting elizabeth to see her sister's baby. she surprised me by kidnapping ruth and sam and bringing us all to her house to celebrate thanksgiving. i thought that was super nice of her. since she lived in america for so long, she understands that it's a big deal.

more car stories...last week, i'm guessing it was an undercover policeman that tried to get our matatu driver to pull over and stop. the guy refused, so the cop started reaching inside the matatu to pull the keys from the ignition. the driver then rolled up the window so he couldn't get in. pretty funny. then a few days ago, the police were stopping buses, which is really rare. usually there's a worker on the bus who is always standing to let people on and off and collect money. apparently though, they are supposed to have a seat. so our bus driver quickly made some passengers get off, so that we didn't have too many people. then we let these people back on as soon as we got around the corner. last night victor, milham, and i were riding home with some people and another car bumped into us. i couldn't even feel it, so i think the damage was pretty minor. but our driver was really mad b/c the other guy didn't pull over. so he pulled right in front of him at an angle and parked so that the guy was forced to stop. it turned into this 2 hour ordeal b/c they couldn't come to an agreement. the cops came. then we went to the police station and waited ages for them to sort it out. i think it took abotu 2 1/2 hours to get home.

please continue to pray for my health guys. i'm still feeling exhausted and completely drained. but God is good and i trust that i will get through this.