WOAH it posted one... maybe others?

So from reading my last blog, I guess I last blogged on Sunday night. The rest of the week (and Sunday) they were working hardhardhard on the house! It is hard to remember the specifics. My mom arrived on Tuesday morning. We went with Abebe, picked up Hareg, and got to the airport, only to see that her plane did not arrive for another hour and a quarter, which means more than that if you account for time to get her bags and go through security. So I annoyed Cameron until she came. Then we cajoled Abebe into taking us grocery shopping, and went back home. We found out on Wednesday that there was a little girl who had a severe UTI (she went septic) who stayed OVERNIGHT at the clinic… and no one told us until afterward. She ended up staying all week. Her name is Yabsira, and her father is best friends with the compound’s driver. He is a prominent community member, and they can afford to pay the bill and since he has millions of friends and relatives around, it was superfantastic advertisement for the clinic. She had hundreds of visitors. All the teachers, everyone who works here, and all her relatives… just so many people. A nyway. She is so sweet, and I read to her a bunch. She finally got better and left on Sunday evening. The Oklahoma people arrived Thursday night night night . I went to bed, and woke up when they came, and in a half-sleep state shook a few people’s hands. All I remembered in the morning is that there had been a guy named Chris, a guy named Spencer, one named TJ, and a girl named Victoria. Haha. On Friday, my mom and I went down with Tamirat to Abijata-Shalla National Park (and saw Lakes Ziway and Langano too). We had a good time. We saw warthogs, ostriches, antelopes, and the hot springs.
On Saturday, the power was out and so our carefully practiced special music ended up being acapella. It went okay, though. Pastor TJ preached, and so it was in English. Pathfinders went really well. We did a special program, the same one we did for the CMC church. On Saturday night, we hung out with the Oklahoma people, and we played Psychologist and Twister. Fun fun. On Sunday we took my mom to lunch and I made bread. Monday I kept thinking was Tuesday, but we had a few patients, so happy me. And we played Imaginary Football with the kids Monday night. Crazy game. It is interesting, being second string to the gum-giving new kids on the block. I really hope that they do not expect us to be able to give them so much stuff once they leave... or when we leave.
It was a bit difficult to have them here. They did not know (nor did they ask) about the rules set for the kids. They let the kids into the gate and even let some of them in their house! One night, all the kids on the compound plus the Amanuel kids were in there (invited, of course). They also gave out gum all the time, which of course prompted them to ask US for gum all the time! We do not mind, but when they ask all the time, and rudely at that, we do not exactly WANT to give, especially when we want them to stop being spoiled with getting gum from foreigners all the time. We do not want them to ask every foreigner who comes for things. Anyway, it was quite frustrating at times, but we know the Oklahomans were just being generous. Mom made many friends while she was here. She got along very well with all the clinic workers, which was nice.