Rain

As I type this it is absolutely pouring rain outside, the kind of rain that is almost going sideways...rain is good and the garden is ready for it. We have had a couple of light rains since we planted but we needed a really good soaking.

Today I went with Pastor Sam to get the rest of the seeds that we needed, so that we can finish planting on Monday and Tuesday. This market was a little farther away the last one. The roads were bad but we still managed to make it there in about an hour, buy our seeds, have a snack of fresh chipata bread and then back on the boda boda. As we approached the turn off that would take us back to Oditel, Pastor Sam asked if we could drive into Amuria first, which was about 10k out of our way. So me being the practical person that I am, I asked why, he told me that one of their friends, who was from the Oditel area and had recently graduated school and gotten a very good job with an German NGO in Amuria, had been murdered two nights ago.
Apparently, he was asleep in his home in Amuria and someone had broken in, stabbed him,then covered his body with a sheet, turned the radio on and left. This is sending shock waves through the community, there hasn't been a murder here in a long time. It makes me very aware of how dangerous it can be here and defiantly not to be careless in anything that you do.

We are safe, and will continue to be careful where we go.

So, it was a very quiet ride back to Oditel from Amuria( of course we had to go check it out, the funeral is tomorrow). I got back to Oditel, my rear end sore from 50k on a small boda boda and a very bumpy road, Adam was just heading to check on the garden. The report was good. We are going to get some rest today and prepare for some meetings tomorrow and a very busy week next week.

Thanks for all your support and prayers,

Lk
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