Today I got to watch kids be doctor to kids. The children here get these bugs called jiggers in their feet from walking around barefoot everywhere and just being dirty all the time. I watched today as kids were talking a razor blade and cutting off all the toe nails and digging into the skin to get the bugs out. this girl Irene was so tough. She is probably only 8 or 9 years old and she was sitting there, as Patrick was slicing through here feet to get them out. I would of died. here are some pictures of Irene and here dismantled feet.
It was so sad to see tears fall from this little girls face. I was so sad to see such a beautiful girl crying. To know that she was going through this all because she doesn't own a pair of shoes was not helping me out at all. And to think that this girl had to walk almost 2 miles home after razor's cutting her feet up was heart breaking. We saw Irene about half way home and put here on a bota bota so she didn't have to walk the rest of the way. She is so tough.
Why do these kids have to go through this? It is frustrating at times to the point where I have to just walk away for a moment. Why God? Why these kids? I could spend hours, days, weeks, months being angry with Him but where will it get me? I wish I could take them all home with me...
Me a motorcycle taxi driver? That's right. 2 days ago when we were getting motabotas home my driver ask me if I wanted to drive home. I was like heck ya I want to drive this awesome motorcycle home. Well I almost got us killed because I forgot that they drive on the opposite sides of the road so we almost went head on with a bus. Sam, the driver, just laughed and said I was a really good driver! haha...
Farewell Chris....I miss you already...
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