Happy Valentine's Day

Took another long walk this morning.  Mostly on some roads and established paths, but didn't see much.  Yesterday I went a different direction ending up in a much poorer village.  No electricity or running water, except for the broken pipe at the intersection of two paths from which people were filling their jugs.  The bright side of it is they have access 24/7 while our running water is available from around 8:30 pm to 5:30 am.  I thought most of the people in the area were living like us, but there are a significant number who aren't.

Today I did laundry using the three bucket method.  One wash, and two rinse cycles.  Dryer works well too, first load was nearly dry before the next had completed it's first rinse.  We've decided we will probably do our part to reduce local unemployment.  We'll be hiring someone to do most of our laundry.

For those wondering if it is safe here, please continue to pray.  I am in constant fear:  there are no smoke or CO alarms in the house,  we ride on motorcycle w/o helmets, there are no seat belt laws, there is no FDA to check our food, (the produce is purchased off of mats in the market place!), the margarine is unrefrigerated, and some of the goats have really long horns...

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