i'm about ready to get on a bus in a few hours to go to kogelo. i'm absolutely exhausted b/c i spent around 5 hours just walking around town today to get stuff to take. i bought all sorts of baby clothes to give out to people there. peter says this is a big need. another MST left money to buy a sewing machine, so we also purchased that and some fabric. the kids in the villages have very tattered clothes, so hopefully this will be a big blessing to them. i'm excited too b/c victor and jane are coming with popo and i. although we have to keep this a secret b/c we will get in trouble for this. victor was originally supposed to go to uganda, but that hasn't worked out so he'll be joining us. we got ingredients for making s'mores. we tried this on saturday for sarah's birthday over a candle, and they tasted great.
collin, the ICY director from england was here sunday, so i finally was able to meet him and hear him preach at church on sunday. he was talking about the challenges of churches in various nations. he said as a generalization (b/c they're not all like this) that the american church struggles b/c it is so inward focused on how it spends money and reaches out to people and that when much is given much is expected. this is very true i think. as americans we do not struggle like people do here, so it limits our trust in God and makes us more self centered.
saturday night was horrible. we came home to find the door locked--very unusual b/c everyone was home. finally peter opens it and i see everlyn sitting on the couch, her face down, and her suitcase opened with everything in it. turns out that her and peter had gotten into an argument. she left with baraka to the supermarket and didn't come back for 2 hours. they got really mad at her, started yelling, and then she told them she was leaving. so she went to pack her stuff and then they wouldn't let her leave b/c they thought she had taken people's stuff. so they locked her in the house and made her sit there until we came home. i knew she didn't take anything of mine b/c i've had several hundred dollars sitting in my room in a drawer and she's never touched it. so she sat there while peter requested we all come and make sure nothing was ours. they found nothing. then amie starts saying how ridiculous it is that everyln won't wait until morning to leave when it's safer. but there's no way i'd stay the night after all that either. plus she would have left at a reasonable hour if they'd let her. apparently peter's sister, maxine told everyln she could go to mombasa and work for her there. everlyn was very underpaid and not treated well at all. i feel really bad for her, and i couldn't even say bye b/c i was scared of being yelled at. i did sneak an extra phone victor had to her, and i thought for sure i was going to get caught. what really made me mad was when peter sat us down to talk about the situation b/c he said a lot of things that weren't true...like how she wanted a phone and that there had been a house phone for her to use. i know this isn't true b/c we all had to sneak our phones to her to use. victor got caught giving her a phone to use and amie flipped out on him. so now there is no one to cook or clean. everyone's been getting up early to try to help. amie was supposed to go to work today but she couldn't b/c there's no one to watch the kids. i don't understand how amie and peter can treat the house help this way. everlyn never had a single day off. she got up every morning at 5:45, cleaned all day, watched the kids, made food, and went to bed around 9-10. she even worked christmas.
on a happy note, we planned the skit for siaya yesterday. it's all about the body of christ. i get to be the mouth and so i have to say everything with long drawn out syllables and smile really big and sing annoying off key parts. it's so hilarious and we all kept laughing at each other. my jaw was hurting after all that last night.
i did get another visa. praise God. basically they stamped my passport to make it looked like i left and then gave me a new 3 month one. i knew someone who knew somone at immigration. i had to pay to do all this, but it was the cheapest option and i was told i could end up in court if i didn't take care of this. i'm pretty irritated that this pastor who peter had helping me basically took my $200 and never got me a work permit or receipt or anything. so sketch. and the only people concerned about this whole matter were victor and lyonne. whatev...God knows what's going on, and he can be the judge.
okay, i'll update you in 2 weeks. look for me on CNN tomorrow :)
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