Update on March 10

Hope this finds you Mwanzans all well and dry. I hear it is raining a lot in Kowak. This is just a brief update, while I wait for the big game at 5 pm (KU vs K State for Big 12 bragging rights. It'll be be a difficult game since KU is ranked #1 in the country and KSU # 9. KSU won a late game agains t Baylor last night so will brobably still be tied. That's my excuss and I'm sticking with it. The National playoffs start next week, aka March Madness.

My lazer surgery went well 2 1/2 weeks ago but still incontinent. Started wearing Always yesterday to keep my jeans dry. At least I know where to buy them now in TZ. Hope I don't need them, or any meds. I just stopped taking BP meds and Flomax last week. So far so good. I'm eating fish every day with rice and steamed veg. Trying to get my Cholestrol down. Probably won't work but worth a try and I sure like it. Wish Fr Jim did. Back to meat and potatoes twice a day when I return.

I hope Liz made it back okay and has taken the tubing fittings to Kowak that I sent her. Dr John (aka Lock Jaw) is returning for a month of volunteer dental work in mid May. I may delay my return til then to save the Kowak folks a trip to Nairobi. Right now I'm scheduled to return to Nairobi 19 April but can change it without penalty. I have order 30 used Dell (D610) laptops and they should arrive next week. 25 were ordered by the KGSS teachers. I hope to start examining all of them next week and shipping them as soon as possible. I may bring 4 or 5 with me for the school classroom. They cost $260 each plus $50 for shipping and insurance. Hope it works.

I'll been having some repairs done to my house. I just moved in mid Dec after 8 yrs of renting to relatives. The roof leaks and electrical repairs are done. Need to refinish the hardwood floors but that can wait. I love having a basement. Sure can't have them in Houston. We (twin brother and in-laws) had the boys over for cards last weekend in the basement. It's was a kick. I'd never played Pitch before. Boy is it different. The snow season seems to be over. Just a little rain now and in the 40's everyday, all day. They say it's been a very snowy winter but it doesn't seem much different than in than mid 60's in Manhattan (aka the Little Apple). That shoveling has been good exercise, but I'm glad it finished before I had surgery.

Alex in Kowak tells me they just installed 12 new Vodacom modems at the school (8 for students) and have some kind of contract for 20,000/+ per month. So they shut down the satelite dish which was costing a fortune ($200m+ per mo). I'm on facebook now, but not sure that is a good idea. I've got about 115 "friends" now. One of them is Fr Bill Vos in MN. He is coming back to TZ in April, as you probably know. I hope to see him and his donors in Kowak on 27th of April if I'm back by then. If not maybe in Nairobi later. Hope all is well with each of you.. keep in touch ya'all. I guess plural (all ya'all) would be better English.
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