Feasting with our friends....new and old

The first “feast” I would like to share about was with our house helper, Eunice, and her family. We had been talking about having them all over for PIZZA for several weeks and finally it happened. Her children were so excited to come over and try our “American” food. We fixed one pepperoni and one ham and pineapple pizza. After trying both, the children agreed that they liked the pepperoni better. Then, of course, we topped it off with some homemade chocolate chip cookies! Those were a big hit for everyone. After our meal we enjoyed fellowshipping with them. The younger girls were so excited to play with Braelyn and Layna and all their toys! The older boys watched a movie with Aaron on his computer. It was really nice to get to host this sweet family that we love so much. We are hoping to have one more pizza night get together before we leave in August.

The next “feast” was with our good friends from Tennessee who we met during college at UT Knoxville. They had come to Kapsowar to serve for a few weeks and we were so blessed to have them here. We wanted them to get to experience some real Kenyan food so I asked Eunice and her sister Edna if they would prepare a Kenyan meal for us one night. They were really excited to get to cook their favorite foods for us. We had beef stew (beef, carrots, peas) and rice, mashed potatoes, ugali (which is a staple food at almost every meal in Kenya, similar to grits but more stiff and dry), cooked cabbage, rice pilau (which is rice with bits of carrots and peas and special seasoning in it), chipati (which looks like a tortilla, but is a bit thicker. This is also a favorite Kenyan food), and mango juice (freshly blended). Kenyans do not eat this much food at every meal. Eunice and Edna told us that this was the kind of spread that they would prepare for Christmas or a wedding. Typically, Kenyans will eat ugali with cabbage or sakuma wiki(which is like spinach and tomatoes sautéed together) or they also eat a lot of rice and beans. Meat is not a regular part of their diet because it is expensive. So, we were extremely blessed to enjoy this delicious meal and were so thankful to Eunice and Edna for making it for us. It was so DELICIOUS!!

 (Eunice and Edna working hard to prepare our meal....so thankful for them!)

 And as you can see from the pictures our girls had a wonderful time playing with their new friends too! It was a very blessed time of fellowship and fun!! We thank God for sending them to Kapsowar while we were here.