I should be setting foot in my house again today and unpacking my suite cases but instead I am playing in my goat farm with Kelechi. When he first saw the goats he just wanted to eat them, and they would run away from him. Today he has baby eating from his hand, I told him he has become too soft now so he will have trouble to kill them.
I have been enjoying relaxing in the sun with Sister Eunice licking mangos. Considering the cost of mango back home it feel pretty luxurious to be able to eat mango after mango, if you come to a bruise or a bad spot you can just chuck it into the bush an open another one. She told me any interesting things. Many people have come to me showing off that their relations own the land that Amaudo is built on. (This includes the Chaplin Rev Peter from Amaudo.) Eunice told me that before Ross came the land was Evil forest and nobody dared enter the bush to use it for building houses or making farm land. When Ross came and asked for the land they did not really mind because they thought it was cursed and useless so they all agreed she was welcome to it. When the work men came and cleared the bush and started making the compound beautiful, planting trees, making a farm and building houses suddenly the land became attractive again and people started digging up documents to work out who really had owned it. Then the people who claimed previous ownership felt they had rights to benefit from this new development. When the bell went for dining village people would come to eat. When new clothing came in for residents then the villagers would want to be given their own. Amaudo is helping the community around them and promised to help all of the landowners children go through their education as a way of thanking them. Amaudo have got electrics stepped down which they will benefit from when it gets fixed up properly. Some children from the village are under Amaudo sponsorship. Most of the staff come from close by. When Ross built the compound she said there was to be no fence or restriction of movement so that nobody is kept out and nobody is kept in Amaudo that wishes to leave.
Eunice told me about her praying at 2am because that the time when evil happens and the trouble she gets from the evil noises from the bush. The Owls cause her a lot of trouble, when they like to hoot in front of her house they go ‘woooo’ ‘ooooo’ and she has to get up to sing songs of praise to drive them away. She reads them Bible and prays till they go. Sometimes she can pray and sing from 12 till 3 am. She said that Rev Kenneth also joins in when he gets disturbed from the owls. Martha use to join in at first but began to feel it unproductive because she needs to learn to ignore them and not to let them disturb her sleep. She did however agree that evil spirits can enter animals such as owls and foxes.
Eunice took me to Ndewo market and to say hello again to her family. In the market I bought a new wrapper to keep unsown so I can tie wrapper like a skirt and be free. The wrapper goes down to my toes to protect me from insects that want to bite me and drink my blood. Martha went away today to go help V/Rev prepare for his induction. She works too hard, whilst he is away we will have to relax and make sure we are eating fine. I have managed my money very well. I budgeted to stay for 2 months and I still have £100 left. I will have to get some money sent out to help me with this month so let us enjoy the money.
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