I've gotten malaria twice in 3 weeks in Kenya, But I only experienced
discomfort and missed two meals, but felt really great after a
good night's sleep and taking leftover malaria medicine from the last
episode. I had great stomach pain as we traveled back from Masai Land Tuesday the 7th, but on the bright side, the apparent gas pains distracted me
from feeling nauseated bouncing along on the really horrible roads. We
got back at our host's house in Kisii just in time to relieve myself at a
better
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| Better Toilets & African Showers at New Building |
squatty toilet than the one you could not even stand up in in
Masai
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| Gravel Squatty Potty too short to Stand! |
Land. Fortunately, I carried a roll of toilet paper in the big
pocket of my African shirt. But everyone in this fairly nice house was
so helpful, last night. When I felt a fever coming on I figured it was
malaria (experience), so I took a daily dose of malaria medicine, put on my Walmart
jacket that I don't usually have in warm Africa and supervised from the
nice couch making bread in my bread maker that I had left with Patrick
in Nairobi from a previous trip. Then I skipped supper and went to sleep
in the best bed I've had on this trip with two blankets to keep me warm
and the ragged pillow I brought from America. I got the best night of
sleep since I arrived 12 December and felt great as I waited eight more
minutes for the bread to finish cooking a second time, as the generator
power was interrupted, I suppose, as I slept. At my request
Patrick brought peanut butter and honey since they usually eat unhealthy
white bread for breakfast, so I will get a good meal after skipping
supper last night.
I actually have about six bread-makers with two
in two African countries, but being frugal, I buy them used at Goodwill
for an average of seven to eight dollars each on sale. Everyone likes my
whole wheat bread recipe everywhere I go. Ironically, you need the
extra fiber of whole wheat bread in Africa, of all places, because their
main staple starchy foods, root or corn flour dough or white rice have
little fiber & I've never eaten good spicy beans in Kenya. But that comes in handy, because in many places you only
have leaves to use for toilet paper or paper may be hard to find because
most people only stock one roll at most.
In less than one day, I
am back in good health and working with Patrick and Paul, my host, on
legal documents to rent a very nice newly built building
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| New School Buildings |
for our school
at a low cost in an area where students will be easier to find then
where we were building in the country. We still have shared ownership of
the building site so we can finish the building and have it for future
rent or business or school purposes.
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