Lonnie left before breakfast to catch the bus with Kobid to Gopalgonj. Doyle was having his Monday milk clinic day for mothers receiving formula for their babies. Lonnie will be taking care of Gopalgonj while Doyle’s are gone on furlough so he was just making sure he had everything straight.
One of these days, we noticed blisters on the Bud’s fingertips and toes. We wondered if it had anything to do with what he took to get over the influenza.?.
We froze extra containers of ice and got an igloo of cold water prepared, etc. as the power seems to be off more than on these days. Spent the morning in the kitchen preparing lunch for Doyle’s family for the last time till they get back from furlough. Beef roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, cucumber salad, green beans and carrots, and jello cake for dessert.
We commented, that the power had been on ALL morning!! What. A. Blessing.
After lunch, the children did another program practice yet and then presented it to us. They had memorized 7 songs and learned the skit “Stone Soup”… As long as I have friendship in my heart and a stone in my pocket..
They did pretty good, especially considering that they all sudden needed to give it a month earlier!
The teachers and children changed clothes then and went out and did a water relay.
The power did go out a bit while the school was giving their program but stayed on the rest of the day!🫶🏼 and that seemed to be the turning point for the crazy amount of power outages we’d had for the last 2 weeks or so🤗
We pulled out leftovers and made piña coladas before they headed back to Gopalgonj.
Made a dessert in preparation for tomorrow. We invited Doyle’s for lunch and the afternoon/year end program. In the eve we went into town for a few groceries
Spent ALL morning getting all the bedding and towels washed. Once again, loaded to the hilt with groceries and Dhaka finds we made our way back to Khulna home. Back to very unsteady power and a hot house.
Follow up and 6 mo appt for Gentry. Getting better, but he weighs the same as at his 4 mo appt!😣 once he started eating again, he has gone from 6 oz in a 24 hr day to 9oz in a 24 hr day the last 2 days. His normal had been 24 oz…
We had used Brian’s van to go to the appt while he took ours to see if he could find fuel so we could go home tomorrow! And miracles continue to happen.. Brian told us how it went.. he went to a gas station, A l o n g line. Police stood guard to keep any hanky panky from happening. Brian parked and stood there observing the scene for about 10 min. Then a police came over and asked what he needed and what he was doing in the country. Brian showed him pictures of the cleft lip and palette patients CSI has been helping. He told Brian to come to the pump and filled the van. Our prayer at the breakfast table was answered🤍
After lunch, we hit Apon, tried Jamuna Park Mall again, but this time it was closed due to a power/electrical supply issue. So on to airport Unimart in search of those imported tortilla chips we’d found there 2 months ago. No luck on that score😏 Supper at the Chef’s Table food court.
Lonnie went with Brian and John (our Bangla teacher’s husband who helps with the missionaries’ legal work) to the visa office where we are working on our extended visas.
The girls went with Kaylee to the clinic for lunch, cooked by our Sisters. Then Singing with them after.
After Annslie’s nap, we went to Gulshan 2 UniMart. The rest of the family went up to Chef’s Table for supper while I shopped to my hearts content😅 Told Lonnie later, it had been good therapy, so much fun!
A day at the house
School
Lonnie worked on the online forms for Gentry’s passport
We’ve been struggling to get the Bud to take his bottles. Lonnie got the inspiration to try some fruit yogurt on him. Gentry was quite pleased and ate a good share of the little 100g container😋 A couple hours later he downed another whole container…
Lonnie went for cha ☕️ in Dumni with SyedAli and Brian. Then to Brian’s, to work with him at the computer till the littles woke from their naps.
To Neela Mkt with Brian’s for the Yummiest “Barbecue”/chicken kabobs and their special ruti/tortillas. They offer several tortilla options but my favorite is a yellow one that has more the consistency of a corn tortilla. Makes me think it’s made with lentils maybe and they also flavor it nicely and add just a bit of spice. We also were planning to put up with a bit of hot sticky weather as these eating places in Neela Mkt are open air. But we sat at the back, with the river below us. There was a nice breeze coming in, totally comfortable, while we watched some large boats come by 🚤
Walked down to a meeshti(mostly deep fried sweets) shop to try one of Brian’s favorite meeshtis. Then hung out at Brian’s till it was time to get everybody to bed.
