Larry’s work on antenna upgrade.

Hopefully Larry will have time to write something soon for those of you who enjoy the technical end of things.  Since Friday, April 22 was a holiday for the King’s birthday and Monday, April 25, was flag day, he has not had a lot of opportunity to investigate the expansion at the site.  Then yesterday, Wednesday, he went to the transmitter site, but became ill and ended up sleeping on a desk and going to bed as soon as he got home.  He did go out today, but he was still not 100%.  He did spend all last Friday, Saturday and Monday working on the computer preparing for the upgrade.  I do know that he is trying to plan how to implement the upgrade with the least lost air time.  When TWR is off the air, people let us know that they are missing the broadcasts.

Monday, we were home home and Larry worked on the computer planning the upgrade.  It was also the day that our computers were ‘registered’ so we had useable internet.  We also figured out the washing machine and it’s hookups and did laundry.  There is a dryer, but I haven’t figured it out yet.  The weather is nice and there are clothes lines, one in the back yard and one on the screened in verandah. So right now there is no need for a dryer.

We had gone grocery shopping on Sunday afternoon on our way home from church and on Monday, I was washing the lettuce.  That reminded me that if I want to have a lettuce salad, I have to beat the slugs and worms to it, so it is a good idea to wash it right away.  Sorry I didn’t take photos,  I fed the worms and slugs  to the chickens.

Tuesday and Wednesday, the kids came over to play.  They are on school holidays right now, so moms are happy to have them do something a little different for awhile.  One of the mom’s is quite busy doing the finances and with other office responsibilities,  so it is a help to her to have someone help with her children.

Hoopoe https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=hoopoe&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

One morning, I looked out the window and saw an interesting bird.  At first glance, my thought was that it was a cardinal because of the red head and topknot.  Just as fast as I thought that, I realized that it could not be a cardinal. Then I saw the interesting black and white tail and it turned so I could see it’s very long beak. I was able to get a fairly good picture through the window.  It is called a Hoopoe.

Friday, I caught a ride into town with Ingrid as she had some errands to run and was stopping by the office.  I bought a few things that I forgot to pack.  I also bought some groceries that would hopefully be easier on a tummy that has not been feeling well.  I also bought a shopping bag, that turned out to be much larger than I expected.  It is elephant sized!  They packed my groceries in it and it was pretty heavy.  I was glad Ingrid was picking me up at the shop and I didn’t have to lug the bag very far.  I may decide to take a wheeled duffle bag with me when I go shopping.

Africa – Benin. Can you find Swaziland?

In the afternoon, I did one load of laundry because it was a nice day and would dry quickly.  Ifigured out the gas oven and baked a butternut squash and then did some computer work.  I am thankful for those who take the time to drop a note.  I love it!

Our very good friends the Stavropolous family, arrived Friday evening.  What a joy it is to see them and have their company.  As I have mentioned before,  Steve and Lorraine are South Africans. We have been friends for about 40 years.  What a blessing to be able to spend some time with them before they head back to Benin, where they are Iwith TWR.

Larry continues to be ill.  I will see if I can get a ride to the Pharmacy and get something for him and pick up more coke and yogurt.  He is finding it very hard to be ill.  He has so much to do, but just can’t.  Monday is another holiday.  I think they call this one Worker’s Day.  Pray that he will recover over the long weekend and be ready to work with energy next week.  Oh yes,  next Thursday is another holiday. Not sure what it is.

How many countries fit into Africa?

Africa is a huge continent.  I thought it would be interesting to see how many countries fit into Africa.  You can see the United States does not take up much space.

It is Friday night.  Larry was up for about an hour and we made a quick run to the store to get him some medicine and he got a quick hair cut. We walked in the door and he went straight to bed.  He has been up maybe 4 hours today.  Pray that rest will heal his body.

Thank you all for your prayers and your interest in us.