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From Anya late Friday night

Just want to tell you that, praise God, we are all healthy and feeling good, just tired more than usual because of the heat. We have plenty of any kind of food, especially bananas. We have a lot of oranges, so we are making juice and “vitamizing” ourselves. We have all been bitten by mosquitoes, so please pray that we don't get malaria. We have already tried some of the national dishes. Fu-fu, incidentally, turned out to be not too bad! It reminds me of hominy, without much flavor. The locals eat it with their hands, dipping into the gravy. The sauce with meat was prepared for us from cassava (a root vegetable like yams or potatoes) and was not spicy (for them!). Alex is very tired today, so we put him to bed at 6 PM. Pastor Pavel had a lot easier making purchases in the city today than last time. He always makes breakfast for us. Nick is fine, too – just worried about his kids, who are sick back home. I also feel fine – just worried about preparations for camp (to be held in Zelenograd Jan 3-6). Tomorrow we are planning a tour day -- visiting a waterfall and other local attractions.