This and That

Yesterday evening we were about to start a Bible study at the home of V. As we walked to the study we met up with one of the missionaries who was out and about with her three children looking for hedgehogs. We chatted a bit and went off to the study. Just as we were starting the study this mom comes to the door to tell us they found a large snake and her kids were trying to keep it at bay.

A few of us went out to see what we could do. She was saying it was about 3 feet long and quite thick. Sounded dangerous to us. It was also dark outside so this snake had the advantage. As it was the snake had gone into a small culvert. The local guards were called. We did a lot of searching and noise making at one end of the culvert trying to force it out the other end with no luck. We went back to the study and left the guards to look for the snake. It never was found.

Today our compound gardner tells Grace that with rainy season it is not uncommon to have 2 or 3 snake sightings a day. The gardner told Grace how last year he had killed a rather large snake and then took it, and coiled it up, inside the workshop. Grace said that the gardner couln't help laughing remembering the reaction of the workers in the shop.

Here is a little curiosity. This is a picture of the battery operated lamp that is commonly used during power outages. Yesterday we bought one. As you can see it is very simply made but it is very effective with the way the light reflects off the CD surface.