Bendele

Bendele is a village 3 kilometers away from the hospital. It is home to the nutrition center. As of now, the nutrition center has 4 outpatients, but isn't open to inpatients. There is work that needs to be done before it can get up and running again.  Garry and Wendy, the couple in charge of the nutrition center, had just gotten back from an extended vacation. They are still getting back into the swing of things. 

Sidenote: The nutrition center serves more than malnurished children.  The nutrition center is home to two monkeys, and an antelope that were saved from malnutrition. They use to have a baby elephant and gazelle, however, both died within a few weeks of treatment. The poor animals were served foods that were death sentences prior to their admittance to the nutrition center. 

Josh and I decided to go to Bendele and help out during our vast amount of free time. We were assigned to clean a house for the incoming couple, David and Sarah. The house had sat vacant for a year. The previous occupants left Chad on vacation and decided spontaneously not to come back. Because there was so much uncertainty in the situation, Garry and Wendy left the house as is, until now.  

It looked like the family was raptured. Food was still in the fridge and cupboards, the bed was unmade, and toilettrie items were in disarray. There was a thick layer of dust on everything and many critters scurried around. We trashed all the rotten food, cleaned off the counters, and swept the floor forty times. There were a plethora of dead and live gekgos, spiders, and other unwanted insects. I expected to find a snake in the house, but there were none suprisingly. However, Josh played a dirty trick that made me think there was a snake. My body responded quickly to the "threat." Everyone had a good laugh out of my reaction.    

It took us many hours, but now the house is ready for its new owners.