Dr Bruce, visiting the mamas, school visit postponed

Tuesday July 7th Bruce was a bit feverish and feeling a bit dizzy, so he rested most of the morning, although he was called out to attend to Luka, who'd cut his head with a panga. He was very happy to have Mzungu medicine and a new razor – with a HANDLE, after Bruce shaved off some of hair, used a Dettol wipe, then applied TCP cream + a bandage to the cut, which healed well.
An elderly part-blind man turned up to greet & thank us + all the others who’d contributed food aid. We were pleased to find out that the church had been targeting the very old & the very poor, and had also started a ‘work for food’ scheme – asking people to divert water to the large dam at Inkoirienito.
John then walked to school to let them know we couldn’t come, they’d expected us to arrive after assembly! They postponed the visit to Friday, and John decided to go to Narok tomorrow instead of today.
Lots of people came to ask after baba, Susanna wanted to know when he’d eat again, thinking it very strange to ask for plain boiled rice with NO oil, and black tea with just a little sugar! They put oil/fat into everything & make the tea quite sweet. We also asked for uji (maize porridge) for supper, but they thought it'd make us get up a lot in the night; they only drink it in the morning, but we only got up once!
While Bruce rested in bed, I was invited to visit the mamas in their homes: Susannah, Joyce & Esther. I was surprised to see Esther spooning something into the baby’s mouth, she’s 1 month old, but her husband, Pastor Petro, back from a few days away, told me it was medicine for a stomach upset. Esther hads a problem with her lips too and couldn’t eat properly.
Lastly I went to Maria’s, the largest home on the manyatta. She's Luka's first wife. I'd never been into the outer room before, on our first visit we'd slept in the second room behind a curtain while John slept in a side room off of ours. Luka & Maria had used the outer room where the cooking area is. It's very large.
Shumbai came over to show me her science and Kiswahili books, also a Christian book from an Mzungu. She's a lovely girl and loves science & maths. She's only in Standard 6, age 14.
John and his brother Daniel were back late that night. Daniel’s very quiet and only knows Maa, he isn’t a Christian yet. Their mother has 7 children: John, Daniel, two married daughters living elsewhere, Yasintha, Soinkan (15-16) & Pirisat (10-11).