Creatures of all kinds!

We have had an eventful last three days here in Choma! Sunday, about 8 of the girls woke up with some kind of stomach virus. Luckily, most of them recovered within 24 hours. Megan, however is still really struggling and not feeling back to normal. We’ve been praying that she bounces back to her normal, lively self before we go to the villages for food distribution on Thursday. Sunday night, several of us went on a walk down a dirt road near the compound and about ten kids started yelling for us to come talk to them. We stopped for a moment to chat, but when we needed to leave they did not want to let us go. They followed us the whole way home.
Yesterday, we had planned to be gone all day for food distribution. We were to leave at 8, but 3 ½ hours and a long game of Phase 10 later, we were told we would not be going. After this, we had a turkey delivered to the compound on the back of a bicycle and he walked around our porch all day and got inside at one point. One of the girls found a Rock Hyax (similar to a muskrat) in her room about five minutes after the turkey was shooed back outside.
Today, we watched Fred, one of the workers here at the compound, kill the turkey. He told us how he would prepare it and cook it and that the heart and gizzards are just as delicious as the meat. We'll be having our feast on Friday!
We all made a trip to the Choma museum and the Choma library to get a fuller understanding about the history. We also were able to break a new record for the 11 seater van, as we stuffed 19 people in it, using the open sunroof for more head room.
I’m really enjoying getting to know my teammates and our leaders. We are all anxious to start our Community Health hours and get out to the villages because we know we will see some amazing things!


Picture 1. The kids, who followed us home, posing for a picture
Picture 2. Poor turkey
Picture 3. Me, Fred, and the head