Lower Zone

I spent the day with the kids. Jeremy did a lecture in the morning and then helped with rounds. The kids and I went on an adventure with our friends Martha and Millicent. We drove about an hour down the mountain on a really rough road (thank goodness I had thrown some meclizine in my bag for Sam) to the "lower zone." Millicent explained that the lower zone is poorer due to the lack of the cash crops of coffee, tea and dairy that the "upper zone" has. Millicent and her husband run "The Family Resource Center" near Chogoria that ministers to children. She wanted to buy some supplies for feeding those children - so we headed to a large market. It was a great experience to see the market operate and learn some more about the culture here. Sam doesn't carry the bags quite as easily as the Kenyan women! Funny part was that the women at the market all wanted to buy Josef. The top picture is hard to see, but it is a woman pouring her grain out and letting the chaff blow away. We had some great car ride discussions about chaff and God's biblical language related to it - back to Psalm 1! On the way home (by a smoother road :)) we stopped and shopped for some gifts to bless the kids at the Resource Center on Saturday. Ellie had wanted to use some of her birthday money for kids in Africa and this was Millicent's idea of the best way to accomplish that wish. We bought toothbrushes and toothpaste along with pads of paper and a few books. Tonight we ate dinner with a missionary family from the states - it tasted of home with taco soup and salad - refreshing! Today I have been humbled by Martha, Millicent and the Webbers - their hearts to serve God and the poor is inspiring. They truly have taken up their cross and followed Christ in obedience without concern for self.