Sick, Hollanders, Packages, Bird, Sore

There has been an illness floating around here. It hadn't affected our family until a couple days ago. It is like a cold with a cough and includes a decent-sized fever. Lou is the first (and only so far) to get it from our family. His highest temperature was 104 with the digital thermometer in the armpit which you are supposed to add a degree to get the right temp. A little children's Tylenol brought the fever down. He slept all day yesterday and all night.

We are watching Kayla and Carter fairly closely. The illness went through 6 of 7 people upstairs and has gone through 2 of 6 people in Kyrk's household. We pray that it all stops where it is!

Hollanders

On Saturday evening (in the pouring rain) a group of about 35 people from Holland (working through World Servants) arrived. They are here to help rebuild homes of Haitian affected by the hurricanes. They are here for two weeks. Next weekend there is another group of about 15 coming for two weeks so there will be about 50 people here during the middle week (next week). This place is going to be hopping!

Packages

We were told that today we will be sending a driver to customs to get a number of our boxes. We are so excited to get our stuff and we hope that nothing is stolen!

Bird

This bird took off right as I took the picture. It was about 10-12 inches tall and was chasing a lizard up the tree until it saw me and took off. It was some sort of red-headed woodpecker.


Boring car stuff...

I am not a car, but this topic is here because of cars (trucks). My right arm is very sore. I think it was from wrenching on the front suspension of the big stakebed Saturday AM. I was trying to align the front wheels because they are so out of alignment that the tires are feathering pretty bad and wearing prematurely. I got it to be more in alignment, but it wasn't as far as I wanted it (the good doctor needed to leave and the truck was blocking his way - I already made him wait about a half hour). I was cranking on some pretty large tools to get it to move and my biceps feel destroyed. I must have done something to my thumb too because it hurts to pull socks on my feet. I was hoping that one day of Sunday rest would do it... but it didn't.