Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Rotary Kakamega!!

We are in pursuit of the finalization of the paper work for the well to be dug in Kipkaren near the medical-dental eye clinic.  Thank goodness for google and safaricom so that we were able to find the rotary contact but instead of Eldoret which is forty five minutes away we had to go to Kakamega which was 2 hours away.  The clinic let us borrow the ambulance and with Adele at the helm and Randy pushing we were on our way!!
I'll clarify--the ambulance won't start but it's a clutch so today Randy is "the pusher man!!"
Making our way to Kakmega the roads have potholes the size of a kitchen table and can be 1-2 feet deep.  Most of the potholes are from the rioting in 2008 where they started fires in the middle of the road.  So daylight is our friend.  We finally arrive in Kakmega and we now have to find Mama Watoto Supermaket!!  We parked the ambulance carefully so that we could push it out.  And proceed to walk down a street out of who knows!!  3 people who look out of place standing in the middle of a busy street in front of Mama Watoto Supermarket and we see a very kindly man wave at us.  We cross the street to his shop that sells clothing.  "Welcome, welcome"  "Don't say a word you have come a long way.  And you are thirsty I will get you an orange Franta!!  For those of you who may remember that I am sensitive to sugar--Adele whispered  "Do you think it's a good idea for you to have this?" 
It was cold and good.  All went well.  He signed off on the paperwork and we thanked him--gave him the two rotary flags--I don't have any flags here!!  I said no problem I'll be back to collect the flags because Jack Hardin and Dr. Kingus will be after me!!Good, good you'll come to the meeting then...?!
A very successful trip and we got to see Olive Baboons on the way back sitting on the side of the road!!
Adele got us safely back before dark and lots of stories to tell and friendships made....Thank you Adele.

Oh and Randy...how fabulous he did an awesome job I only wish we could have see the footage of him and me pushing the Ambulance out into the road--  the engine starting and we both jump into the jeep.  Straight out of a hollywood movie!!  Randy and Adele --You Rock!!!

3 comments:

  1. What an adventure. Is there still political unrest in the area? It seems that you are moving about pretty freely, with some mechanical difficulties. I imagine getting paperwork for the well could be difficult if you have to jump through bureaucratic hoops. (Sorry if I'm being ignorant.) Read a little about Adele Booysen on the Web. Fascinating woman. You are using your lives for something so good there. Awesome. God's hand must be in it. Be safe. Sue

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  2. I was amazed how fast you got that taken care of, by the time I got back to Jack that same day, he already said it was taken care of. So, so proud! Sandy

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  3. Do hope someone got pix of Randy being "pusher man"! These stories are great, know your time is getting short but keep the blog coming. - Mary

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