I couldn’t quite get the kids at the vegetable distribution last Saturday out of my head. I kept seeing the faces and wanted to know more. I arranged with Mary to have the Reverend take me, after I dropped off the vegetables today, to Manza and Manyatta, two of the village areas where the orphans registered for the food giveaway live.

I finished the drive to Machakos, unloaded twelve crates at Springs of
Hope and the other twenty eight at the church across town.

These off-loaders won’t eat the beans. They’re church kids here on
Saturday for this and that.

I returned the empty crates to Mary’s and picked up the Reverend. He’s been working at Mary’s for several months and is a great addition. I have grown very fond of him. He has a tiny thumb branching out of each of his regular ones…extras. So between us we balance things out a little.

We drove about four kilometers, parked the truck and

First house:

Like any good real estate tour, I’ll include pictures of the bathrooms.

Second house:

Third house:

Fourth house:

Fifth house:

Sixth house:

Seventh house:

As always, the crew here greets you.
The proper response is, “And we receive your greetings.”

Just so you know.

For all of us here,

David

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by david
Filed under: David's Journal