The church building of AIC Town church is very impressive; having been built by Pastor Roy Stover - the American missionary who developed and owns Sunrise Acres.
We joined the Pastor and a couple of church elders for a time of prayer and study. It was good to greet and share time with others.
Following the study we went into town to a local café for Chai and mandazi (a sweet fried bread), where we spent more time with the church treasurer and the pastor - just trying to connect and understand some of the challenges that they have.
It was Rodney's birthday, so I walked into the main street to purchase some fresh fruit for the fruit salad that we were going to have for lunch. Stella who had just opened her shop for the morning was very grateful for our purchase, and was excited to hear that we would be attending the AIC Town church.
The rest of the team had walked into town, so we caught up with them and then went into the market to buy vegetables. It was a great experience, though we felt very out of place - being the only wazungu to be seen. The vegetables were largely the same at each of the stalls (carrots, potatoes, kale), but the prices could differ a bit. Max continually had people walk up to him to say 'Jambo' and 'Welcome back'.
After returning home, a delicious lunch of eggs, bacon and fruit salad for the birthday was prepared. Rodney was blown away. The afternoon was spent chilling out, playing games and reading. We prepared our Sunday School children's performance and then cooked a chicken roast for dinner. Mmmm, yum!
Sounds like you're eating very well! We saw Rodney's birthday cake at the church service - good to have some reminders of home! Must be great to connect with brothers and sisters in Christ who live their faith in such a different context - so many points of commonality as well as difference. Must also be strange being the only wazungu. Funny to hear about Max's continual people-meetings - sounds a lot like at home!
ReplyDeleteGillian reminded us yesterday that when we go into the market we spend more on basic food for a meal than some of the locals can spend on food for a month.
ReplyDeleteIt has been awesome to connect with so many people. They have been a real blessing.