In loving memory of the old team

Our first intake of Bethany Interns left last week on the 18th. I have to tell the hilarious story of one of them named Jamie. To set the scene we often run into tummy problems here in Kenya from eating food and living in the enviroment. We have alrready dewormed Righteous and are due to do it again. Anyways Jamie was having issues so he dropped a "sample" (poop) in a "blueband" (butter) container and headed to the clinic in a matatu (public transportation). The lovely sample was hidden in a black plastic bag. Finally his stop arrived and he got off and proceeded to the clinic when he realized he had left his precious sample was not in his hands, it was left on the matatu! He was going to find a taxi and pay well over double to try and track it down when he thought am I really going to pay to get my crap? We have all added our own ideas to the conclusion of the story and the funniest one is: the matatu driver saw that this "rich white man" left a wonderful gift in a black bag and looked foward to bring it home to his wife to enjoy it together when he got off from work. Only now to his surprise what indeed do the find upon opening this gift!

Here is the Sample Poem written by Emily upon the arrival of the new students, all of you are missed here by the way.

And now, at the smmencement of your stay,

We beg to give a gift to ease the way.

For in the night you may awake with howls

and realize that, deep within your bowels,

Something's amiss: A tresspasser is there!

Ameobas wriggle, tiny tapeworms glare!

And even you may start to feel despair.

But never fear! We too have met these foes

And in the battle quickly brought them low.

Be true then to the Fatherland, and brave

And (with doctor's help) make worms behave.

For as our Jamie Wisch will gladly tell,

These BlueBand cups will hold your samples well

(We cannot promise that they will hold the smell).

One word of caution we must offer you:
When you have brought your sample from the loo
And started off to town, be sure to find

A matatu with a driver very kind

And open-minded. For if you do not

And if your sample somehow is forgot

From then on he won't like the white man a lot.

(When the new students arrived the old one had put together a nice basket filled with essential needs and of course a BlueBand container was in the midst)