Timothy called this morning to tell us that the mason called to inform him that the crew would not be working this morning because it rained last night and the blocks were too wet to set. Please! Those blocks were made months and months ago! It has rained almost every day since the mason started putting up the wall. It has even rained while they were working! If they don’t want to come to work just tell us; there is no need to lie about it! We know that the wall is not the only job the mason is working on. If the truth be known he probably started another job so he pulled the men off our job and put them on another one. We are not really worried about them coming to work or not because we are paying them by the job, not by the hour. If it takes 100 days to complete the wall they get the same amount of money as if it takes 10 days.
When the electrician worked on the truck’s blinkers last week, he messed up the auxiliary spot lights. We love the spot lights because at night the roads are so dark that it is hard to see the people and animals that are on the road. This morning Steve took the truck back to them so they could see why they are not working.
A very strange thing happened today; a well-dressed man walked into the Child Center. No one knew who he was. He squatted down beside Zorash and started talking to her in low tones. We could see that Zorash was getting annoyed. She dismissed the man; he turned and left. I asked Zorash what the man wanted. She said she was so annoyed that she did not even want to talk about it. I pressed her; she threw up her hands and said, “It is so annoying that I can’t even remember his name!” She was pointed to Skeeter. I asked if he was talking about Skeeter. She said, “Yes, he wants to know if he can have some of Skeeter’s poop!” What in the world! I asked what he wanted it for; she said she did not know. Meri said that he needed it for Juju (witchcraft). I told Zorash to call the man back so we could find out what he wanted the monkey poop for. The man came back; he said that he wanted the monkey poop to “heal” his son of his sickness. We found out that his son is 3 years old and has a serious case of open weepy sores on his legs. He said that he consulted with the Juju / healer and was told that he needed to find monkey poop as part of the treatment for the sores. He said that the poop was going to be used as an ointment to rub into the open wounds on his legs and they would also be bathing the child with herbs. We told him he needed to take the child to the hospital; he said that “This is not a hospital case”. Steve explained that poop of any sort was not good medicine and that it was dangerous because it could introduce bacteria, Tetanus and who knows what else into the sores and then into the child’s blood. We showed him the bill we got from the hospital this morning with the medicine that Donkey needed for his son who also has large open sores on his legs. The man did not want to hear our advice and he walked off.
Take care,
In HIS Service,
Steve, Kandie and Skeeter
The Monkeyshines
I caught a grasshopper by myself again this morning! It was spiky and I had to kill it by rolling it around on the ground before I could eat it. I then had to dismember it! I tell you those wings are inedible no matter what Mom says! The grasshopper was hopping around in the area where Mom tied me so I could have some outdoor time this morning while they worked in the Child Center.
I have decided that I like to pull the small grass up by the roots. When I get a plant up-rooted I then bite the roots off. Mom can’t stand it because as I am chewing on the grass, she can hear the sand and grit between my teeth! She says it sets her nerves on edge! She says that with such great emphasis but I have no idea what in the world she is talking about! How can someone “set their teeth on edge”? No, that is just plain silly!
The chickens are saying, “Eat more grasshoppers!”
Love, Skeeter
