Designing a Goat Milking Program

I didn’t sleep well last night. I just couldn’t drift off to sleep then I awoke easily when I did sleep.  Any little sound seemed amplified. I am not sure if it had anything to do with the mefloquin or if it was a jet lag issue. When I woke up at 7:00 I felt ok but not well rested. Everyone else was up and going so I hurried to shower and get going.


I spent most of the day designing the goat plans with Patrick and Edison. We are designing one smaller elevated pen between the KCC and the dispensary. We will have about five goats in it that will produce milk for the mothers that have aids and can’t nurse their babies or the babies that have lost their mothers. We are using all local materials to build the pen so that the villagers will see that they can do the same thing.

Goats, Erosion, Peaches & Pits

I woke up several times last night because of the heat and humidity. We have a fan blowing in our room that helps cool us down but it is still too warm for me to sleep comfortably. I also had several mosquito bites on my legs that were itching badly. I think they got me after my shower while I was writing in my journal.  Even so, I arose well rested and ready to go.

I took my weekly Mefloquin pill for malaria prevention this morning. I really didn’t notice any ill effects today from it. Last week I felt some brain fog after I took it. Some people have bad dreams and even hallucinations when they take it, but I seem to do well with it. Everyone else is taking the daily doxicycline pills, which only have sun sensitivity as a side effect. I prefer the once-a-week pill without the sun sensitivity. Here on the equator the sun really beats down on you hard.

A Sabbath Day in Kenya

This morning we had Kenyan flat bread for breakfast. It is similar to a tortilla only three times as thick. We also had some fresh mango that was very good. We drove into Mombasa for church and arrived over an hour early because Johnson had to go to the airport to get Grace, Kevin and Shad. Mark had arrived sooner than them and had caught the flight last night so Bret had picked him up at 2:00AM.