Along came a spider

I think Alexa and I have often wondered since coming to Peace House, what will happen next.  Well, last night we reached our limit.  I was ready to find the nearest airport and come home.  Probably one of my greatest fears is spiders.  I'm absolutely terrified of spiders.  It is one of the reasons that I teach chemistry instead of biology.  Last night we went back to our home and Alexa opened her closet to find the largest spider she has ever seen on a shelf in her closet.  I could not even go into the room to see it - Think tarantula size.  None of us could kill it but we did not want it to move out of the closet.  So Steph and I had to walk back down the hill to find Timothy, the TZ facilitator for Chemistry to come back up the hill to kill the spider.  I'm sure we are a huge joke at Peace House.  According to him, this was not a large spider.  He used Alexa's hairbrush to push the spider into paper and then let the spider go free.  My concern is that it will come back!  The house is infested with spiders.  I sat up most of the night with a flashlight under my mosquito netting and praying that God would remove the plague.  Well, God answered my prayer by putting a large spider next to my bed when I woke up this morning.  The fact that God has a sense of humor - not too funny right now.  needless to say, I ran screaming from the room and woke up Alexa and Stephanie.  It took 20 minutes to find the spider and kill it.  Luckily William has taken pity on us and went into town to buy doom - Tanzanian Spider killer.  I distinctly remember telling Jim Talarico that I did not do bugs!  We have spiders, cockroaches, and mosquitos - oh my.  We did have a very good day working with our TZ facilitators and have made much progress on the Rhatiba.  Tomorrow will be the day to put the finishing touches on the Rhatiba and prepare for the arrival of teachers on Monday.  Hopefully tonight - I will be able to have LALA Salama.