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Scott Bourland

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May 11, 2012, 1:15:11 AM5/11/12

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May 7^th-10th

We enjoyed a two day visit from our dear friend Katharine. She was down from Nairobi working in Mombasa and she came and spent some time with us. Katherine is a nutritionist and does evaluation of nutritional needs, training on how to improve nutrition, and especially training for the nutritional needs of those who are HIV positive. She also wanted to check on some people she had witnessed to during her 5 weeks with us here in January and February. So found them doing well and presented some of them with Bibles.

Tuesday evening we took her to the board walk at Mida Creek. Missy and I had been there once at low tide and it was neat but a little boring looking at dried and cracked dirt. This time we went at high tide and it was the highest tide of the month, so it was a totally different experience. When we pulled up the worker suggested that I move the vehicle because when we returned it would be in water. I took his advice although it would have been fine because it was the Land Rover (ARR-ARR- ARR, that’s my best effort at a Tim Taylor grunt). He was right, when we returned we had to wade back to the vehicle and some places were as deep as our knees.

I had to have the van serviced this week. It was time to have service done, plus Missy and I leave for Nairobi in about 10 days to get our passports renewed along with some other business, so I wanted to make sure everything was in tip top shape.

Thursday was a busy day. I went down to Jimba to give Daniel his last book to complete in order to be ready for graduation. He also took another memory verse test, seeking to improve a low score. As I was driving back to Malindi, I got a call from Cleopas who usually arranges transportation for our groups that come. He had a price together for me for this summer’s group, so we met at the Malindi church to discuss things.

After speaking to Cleopas, I went out and did some visiting near the Malindi church. I plan on doing some visiting with the pastor’s, but I wanted to go alone to be forced to use my Swahili. It went well although I noted several things I need to work on. There was one man who seemed genuinely interested. He said he would come and visit the church, so I hope he will.

One man looked disgusted as I gave him the tracts. I could tell by the rubbed spot on his forehead he was a Muslim (They create a callous on their forehead by rubbing it on the floor during prayer). One of the men nearby said, you should distribute them with your right hand and not your left. I knew what he was talking about immediately, but at the same time it seemed funny to me. It is impossible to distribute literature without touching it with both hands. If I give it with my right, I have taken it out of my left. I thanked him for the advice and continued to distribute with my right hand to avoid any offense.

Thanks for praying,