Desert Gills

You may have read about the floody in the area of the capital. Rain is so different in G... typically, you get no rain 9 months of the year, and then 5-15 hard showers in June through August... but when it does come down, its an impressive thirty minutes, and Ir and E love to put on their boots and tramp in the mud!

Ir with her Hausa Sunday School class... she didn't understand a lot but enjoyed some of the songs.

When the well-pump broke in 08, we had to haul in these big blue barrels to stay stocked-up. Apparently, the well-pump was fixed last night, so that is very good news. Thanks for praying.

We have both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes in West Africa... if the guards ever see them they are quick to act.

We would spread out grains to dry and remove unwanted stones etc... then it was into the grinder.

Here's what a malfunctioning G pump looks like (c. 2008), for those curious.

Pray for the hospital. Heard that their well pump is on the fritz again this morning. This photo shows our well conservation efforts during an earlier well episode. Not fun.

Back here in the land of high-speed internet, I am going to get back to regular uploading of pix to this blog, but all with just a simple caption. A New Zealand med student and I puzzle over one of the ward's mystery cases.