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I spent the day out with the Food Security team over by Narok. Lots of traveling, but definitely worth it. TCHD goes into a community, forms a group, and teaches them about saving food, food banks, and drought resistant crops. Like I already mentioned, this year has been a very difficult year. Besides the violence at the beginning of the year that made it impossible for some to plant crops, there has also been a drought.  “Total crop failure” is the term for it, and we passed farm after farm suffering from “total crop failure.” In the communities where TCHD they have some rice stored up, and will ration it out accordingly- but I doubt it will be enough for everyone in the community. The thing TCHD does do that really will help is promoting drought resistant crops and animals (food and goats that need less water to survive). Although people have been very reluctant (they kind of just say, “but we’ve always grown corn.”) Right now, they are starving. When we were there today, I was like, “Okay, so what happens now. Total crop failure- then what.” And here’s how it will go: the town people will stay as long as they can, but when they run out of food- they will have to leave and go in search of government aid until the next harvest.  Unfortunately, the next harvest (in October) has been predicted to be just as bad- there simply is no water. (Ironic considering the corn in America (Iowa) is underwater). The aid is unreliable- but it’s the only option. So that was from 8-6. Jessica and I went with Simon, Richard and Wesley and it was a lot of fun getting to hang out with them.

We came back just in time for dinner at John W.’s house to welcome a new surgeon and his son Josh. Josh is a pre-med student and I’m excited for the company. Christina and I had planned to watch Hotel Rwanda, so a group of us had a movie night. It was weird to watch it now, knowing first hand people who’s entire family’s were murdered. AND, comparing the hotel to the hospital here. We were talking about it at dinner and the similarities are just too real. Of course it was nothing to the same extent- but man, when you hear some of the stories of what went on around here- families hiding, drunken mobs stopped at the gate and begged off by the PM, and I could keep going! Well, it just really makes you thank God for peace, and gives you a totally new perspective on the movie.

I milked a goat- every place we stopped at they wanted us to milk the goats. I was just like please, one is enough! I felt like I would hurt the poor thing!!

Besides that… stopped by the nursery tonight. Juliana was working. The second of the triplets died, but quadruplets came in (one died)! I was there with Josh and he looked over at the dead baby and again, just like with Sarah Baskin, I heard, “is that one dead?” And I was like oh no… I really have to stop bringing new arrivals in here.

Please keep them (and us) all in your prayers. The lack of food is really bad and it’s getting worse. Now, almost every night at dinner someone stops by asking for some.