The rhythm of life here settles in on me now and I am seeing the details and complexities and simplicities instead of the seeming chaos. It's an easy place to be lazy, to let the day go by just watching and waiting for the gate to open and the next surprise to appear. Today I woke up to find workers waiting to install a flush toilet in my hut. I could not be more pleased and honoured. Ayiko asked me the most challenging thing for me here and I laughingly told him the squat was definitely at the top of the list. I don't mind shared toilets but the balancing act, the darkness, mosquitos, and the aiming and such (without going into too much detail) is an accomplishment in itself. Ok.. a chicken just roamed in to see the goings on..
The toilet - another humbling .. I did not expect this, it is a generous and expensive thing to do. I will be more careful in the future to express any discomforts I may have. Everyone here tries to make my experience comfortable and pleasant and I am grateful. I can see it will be an easy thing to come to love them all and the short months I have now seems a short span of time to offer anything I can to help.
Oh and Rafiki is out of the dark and causing all his usual mischiefs as happy babies are wont to do.
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