More Malaria and other News

Alinafe K. has Malaria. Please pray for her. I will try to post a picture of her soon. I still don't have my computer or picture CDs at my grandma's house. We just found out that the malaria medication we have been getting from the pharmacy is "not effective", which is code for "fake pills". Dr. Innocent who works closely with Good Samaritan has found a way for us to get the "real" medicine straight from the Government hospital. This is a double blessing because it's free. We have to continue to pray though for its availability. You never know when the government hospitals will have the medication or not. And you never really know what you are getting. But we feel much safer going through Dr. Innocent.

Thandie has spent the past two days at the Internet cafe trying to figure out how to send me an updated picture of Savannah-Hope. The last picture we have was taken in October. She was bald then, and now has enough hair for ponytails. I'm trying hard not to be frustrated, but its not working....I am frustrated. It is so hard for me to see Thandie waist her time and money to do something that would take me two minutes if I was there. For some reason, the 10 Malawian computer experts at the Internet cafe could not seem to attach one simple picture to one simple email. I am just about at the point of having Thandie take the pictures to the airport and find someone who is traveling to America, give them some money and ask them to mail me the pictures when they get to America. With my luck the people would show up on my doorstep to rob me! Can you tell I am having a rough week!?! Anyway, no pictures! Arg! Thandie has so much on her plate she really doesn't have time to waist with this whole picture thing....and she is frustrated cause she wants nothing more than for it to work, which makes the whole thing worse. I guess we just have to wait for the I-171H to arrive so Crystal can go to Malawi and bring Savannah-Hope home and share updated photos with us. If there is one person more anxious for an updated picture than I am, it would be Crystal. And I have to say I am getting more nervous everyday about the increased cases of Malaria at Good Samaritan. We need to get that baby home! Keep praying!

Prayer Request from Thandie:

Thandie told me tonight that it is costing $9000Kwatcha ( $65 U.S dollars) a week to transport the high school kids to and from school using the orphanage vehicle. There is no way around this cost. There is not a school closer. We can not teach the high school kids on our campus. It is too far and dangerous to walk, not to mention the heavy rains. We must have these funds in order for our children to get a high school education. Please pray about this need.