Suilad! Gîl síla erin lû e-govaded vín!
Im hartha le geri vaer arad. Im vaer sí. Im beritha na le im matho le ú-vatho im peded! Im suilannad san! Mar im anglenna na le im baded pedi sindarin na le!! Mwahaha!
Ahem...
Nae...im gwanna.
Navaer, vaer mellyn. No i Melain na le a sílo Anor bo men lín.
Ah...mîbo orch!
Meleth,
Arhendë Elinris Lóna-Sundë Sírien.
*Now for those who are not Lord of the Rings literate, I shall provide a translation.*
Greetings! A star shines on the hour of our meeting!
I hope you are all having a good day. I am good here.
I am laughing at you all because I know that you guys do not know what I am saying. I like that. When I get back I am going to speak sindarin to you. Mwahaha!!
Ahem...alas, I must depart.
Farewell good friends. May the Valar be with you and the sun shine on your road.
Oh...Go kiss an orc!
Love,
Arhendë Elinris Lóna-Sundë Sírien.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Quite a story, and info on Liddy
Here is a story I never thought I would be telling but here goes.
About a month ago I was sitting outside with my chadian girlfriends and one of them noticed that Hudson had a snotty nose. He then sneezed and I wiped his nose. Then this one gal that noticed his snotty nose took him in her arms and pointed to his nose. I indicated with hand gestures that yes, indeed he had a cold and runny nose. I was putting my thumb and index finger up to my nose and pulling down as if to say that his nose was running a lot and he had a lot of snot. She then did the same thing and I shook my head yes thinking she was just saying the same thing and agreeing with it.
Well, what happened next tells me she was saying something very different. She turned my baby around to face her and put her mouth up to his nose and sucked, YES, I SAID SUCKED all the snot out of his nose. It made, or should I say Hudson made the weirdest noise as she was sucking for all she was worth.
While she was doing this I was shocked and totally taken aback. I started to gag and then my eyes started watering like a faucet, I had to cover my mouth because by now the gag reflux had kicked in and it wouldn't stop. The look on my face and my actions had all the other gals laughing. For some reason they all thought this whole ordeal was FUNNY. I, on the other hand, thought I was stuck in the Twilight Zone. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
When she had finished sucking she just turned her head and spit it all out and started talking again as if what she had just done was normal. I guess it was for her. They don't have blub syringes but they do have mouths that can suck the snot out and give their or my baby reliefe from a snotty nose. Amazing huh. I am forever changed.
The things that I, or should I say we have experienced since arriving here are life changers and it has only been 6 months. I wouldn't of ever thought a nice woman would want to suck my babies snot out to help him. Or that I would blow up like a blow fish from an allergic reaction to my malaria meds. I'm sure there will be many more experiences to come and I look forward to them. I told the children that if they catch a cold they better steer clear of the snot sucker or she may "help" them as well. :)
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We are taking Lids to the clinic in the morning to see the doc who saw her last week. He will evaluate her and look at the list of aches and pains and temps we have been keeping for the last week. She will then have another blood test to check her blood count again and possibly a chest x-ray. We will let you know via email what comes out of our visit. love to you all,
jani for the fam
About a month ago I was sitting outside with my chadian girlfriends and one of them noticed that Hudson had a snotty nose. He then sneezed and I wiped his nose. Then this one gal that noticed his snotty nose took him in her arms and pointed to his nose. I indicated with hand gestures that yes, indeed he had a cold and runny nose. I was putting my thumb and index finger up to my nose and pulling down as if to say that his nose was running a lot and he had a lot of snot. She then did the same thing and I shook my head yes thinking she was just saying the same thing and agreeing with it.
Well, what happened next tells me she was saying something very different. She turned my baby around to face her and put her mouth up to his nose and sucked, YES, I SAID SUCKED all the snot out of his nose. It made, or should I say Hudson made the weirdest noise as she was sucking for all she was worth.
While she was doing this I was shocked and totally taken aback. I started to gag and then my eyes started watering like a faucet, I had to cover my mouth because by now the gag reflux had kicked in and it wouldn't stop. The look on my face and my actions had all the other gals laughing. For some reason they all thought this whole ordeal was FUNNY. I, on the other hand, thought I was stuck in the Twilight Zone. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
When she had finished sucking she just turned her head and spit it all out and started talking again as if what she had just done was normal. I guess it was for her. They don't have blub syringes but they do have mouths that can suck the snot out and give their or my baby reliefe from a snotty nose. Amazing huh. I am forever changed.
The things that I, or should I say we have experienced since arriving here are life changers and it has only been 6 months. I wouldn't of ever thought a nice woman would want to suck my babies snot out to help him. Or that I would blow up like a blow fish from an allergic reaction to my malaria meds. I'm sure there will be many more experiences to come and I look forward to them. I told the children that if they catch a cold they better steer clear of the snot sucker or she may "help" them as well. :)
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We are taking Lids to the clinic in the morning to see the doc who saw her last week. He will evaluate her and look at the list of aches and pains and temps we have been keeping for the last week. She will then have another blood test to check her blood count again and possibly a chest x-ray. We will let you know via email what comes out of our visit. love to you all,
jani for the fam
Update on Liddy
Dearest my lovely family-- :)
Lid was seen by the doc who says indeed he believes it is viral because of her white blood count (Lymphocytes) being higher than normal. The fact that she has been sick for almost two months (will be 2months next week) and the virus has not gone away has him concerned. And, is the viral infection doing damage to her heart and or lymphs.??
He said he can not do more testing here in Chad and that we will need to travel to either France or America for further tests. He said we should monitor her for one more week and see what that brings and then make a decision then.
Neither Steven or I want to leave but of course one of us will if she is still having the same symptoms. We are praying for wisdom and healing.
Liddy is tired of feeling sick and just wants to run around and be normal. We had a family over to the welcome center and the other families that are staying there for food and fun and she had to sit out on all the volleyball and tag and was in tears a few times through the night. She has written us 2 letters saying she just wants to know what is wrong with her and doesn't want to be sick anymore.Pray for her.
Thanks for holding us in your thoughts and prayers,
love you all, jani
Friday, April 3, 2009
At the Market
Several of the kids and I went to the market 2 days ago. I had Payton, Gracey, Emma, Keturah, and Liddy with me. While we were there, sitting in one of the many store fronts (we were sitting there because I had asked the owner if he could find me 2 electric desk fans for the kids bedrooms and while he went to find them we sat waiting for him to return) some of the men who were there also asked Gracey if she would stay with him. This sort of thing happens so often to all of the girls that I know it wasn't a joke. In this culture multiple wives, even ones as young as 13 or 14 years old, is not an uncommon occurance. In fact, when Chadians find out I have 10 kids I can count on 2 reactions: One is "What a great blessing, you are very African". The other reaction is "Do you have 1 wife or more?" When I tell them "Only 1 wife" they normally can't believe it and so ask me again. Janice is really like a rock star here. Everyone wants to meet the woman who's given birth to 10 kids. I am not sure what they expect her to look like, but they do.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Á La Prochaine (until next time)
sf
Hope everyone is doing well.
Á La Prochaine (until next time)
sf
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Fun pictures of Keturah and her sisters - OR- "Next Top Model"!
These next three pictures need to be looked at in reverse to see the progression of Keturah climbing the tree.
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