It's not every day that your husband comes home from work to tell you that he killed a snake. But on Saturday, Andrew was recounting his day out in one of the villages with a medical and evangelistic team and happened to mention, "Oh, I killed a snake which was trying to get into the aircraft"!
Apparently, as he was unloading the plane, the watching villagers departed hurriedly as a snake came slithering across the ground and headed straight to the plane. It tried -and failed- to climb up the wheels of the aeroplane and then attempted to rear up and get into the open pod. It was time for the pilot to take action- so when the villagers handed him a big stick, he knew what they intended and used the stick to thrash at the snake and regretfully kill the creature because of the threat it posed. Just another part of a day's work...
Meanwhile, back at home, we had our own battle with nature on Saturday afternoon as an army of large black ants decided to invade our garden. Not wanting them to progress towards the house, we waged war on them, but with great care, as they can give a nasty bite if they get on your skin. It was all hands on deck to force them off the premises- with the help of a hosepipe, some bleach,a bottle of anti-insect-spray and 3 small, willing helpers to lend a hand to Mum and Auntie Claire...
The invasion of the fierce black ants with their stripey backs:
Esther and Ben look quite the little professionals and well fitted for the clensing operation.Must say I don't like the look of the stripey backed ants -most unwelcome visitors.Our youth club children were fascinated by Andrew's bravery in tackling the snake and they also enjoyed the MAF video we showed them.They are looking forward to your visit to England and hoping you"ll all have time to visit them too
ReplyDeleteAt least you look as if you all had fun in your war against the ants? We are plagued by spiders at home this week, but as least we know they are not poisonous. Jx
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