A month of comings and goings. Jenny arrived then our daughter Naomi, Julia left and we were sorry to see her go.
Jenny is here to pack up her house and say farewell. The office is a collection of cardboard boxes of small items she would like to sell to staff but there is still a lot left.
Mike and Naomi have been on a couple of trips.
Sadly the Golden Monkey trek did not find any monkeys but they did find chameleons and a gecko. There is a gecko poking his head out of a hole in the rock here.
Gorillas were more succesful. The Silverbacks sat with their backs to them all the time but the young ones were feeling more friendly. Naomi took this brilliant photo of a youngster, about two years old.
Not far off in age and very similar in behaviour is young Ivan. He was refusing to go to sleep one evening. Here is Mike looking tired but Ivan ready to play for a few more hours! Moses has been crying a lot and we have been taking him in the evenings. I thought it was Moses crying and went to fetch him but discovered it was this one instead.
The Medical Centre is almost permanently full these days. This morning they discharged one child only to fill the bed again within a short time. There had to be emergency trip to the pharmacy for more drugs the other day. The number of people coming for immunisations has also increased. We don't get money for doing them but it does mean that more local families are able to see the premises and what can be offered.
We only have one premature baby at the moment and he is doing well. Currently he is lying under the ultraviolet light for jaundice treatment. He is lying in his nappy and eyes covered looking very comfortable - as if he is in a tanning machine.
On Thursday Emmanuel was collected by the UN to be taken to his Grandmother in the Congo. Nine personel arrived in two large vehicles which was a bit overkill. Emmanuel was understandably petrified of all the new faces so they only managed a quick (and essential for them) photo of them with a screaming child. Not the best for a UN photo album!
