Mondays with Allee

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:29 Well the past two weeks have not at all been what I was expecting them to be. Last Sunday morning I woke up feeling normal.  I had my coffee and a banana with peanut butter.  I got ready for church.  But as I was getting ready my stomach started bothering me and a headache was coming on.  I laid down for a few minutes and drank some water, waiting for it to pass.  Already late for service, I decided to just tough it out and I walked over to the church.  But as I sat, trying to focus in the hot sanctuary that seemed to be getting hotter and hotter, I just felt worse and worse.  Finally Joseph told me I should go home and lay down.  I slept for a couple hours, but woke up to a pounding headache and nausea.  Joseph suggested we go to town to check for typhoid and get some medicine, and he called our Madam Peace to see which clinics would be open on a Sunday afternoo...

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.   Psalm 145: 18          Things are about to change here at KEMPS.  Our seventh graders will take their examinations on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  Once they finish, they will collect all of their belongings and leave KEMPS for the last time.  Many of these students have been boarders here since they were in preschool, spending significantly more time with their teachers and dorm mothers than their own families.  For these students, they are leaving their home, and while that brings a lot of excitement, it also brings some sadness.  We had our last run with the seventh grade girls last night.  We talked about what it means to be finished with primary school and leave the place they love so much.  They talked about the things they would miss and the things they were looking forward to.  They asked to take selfies together in their runni...