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| Adu |
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| Zach |
A fun home-made swing, August 2014
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| Zach, Adu, and Duane |
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| Agnes, Charles' mom, Charles |
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| Agnes had several hundred bricks made out of the mud from a termite hill. She hopes to sell them to buy a cow. |
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| Zach and two neighbor boys enjoy the swing |
Another good visit, April 2014
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| Agnes and I invited Mary Alu, Mama Manu and her boys, plus Pastor David for lunch. |
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| Duane and Zach with some neighbor boys |
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| Zach and his good friend, Cedric |
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| Zach, Manu, Cedric, Seth, and in the back - a neighbor boy |
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| Simple fun! |
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| Duane and Zach demonstrate their writing skills. |
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| Adu doing his laundry |
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| Agnes in her shamba (farm) |
My recent visit to see Agnes and her boys, February 2014
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| Duane and Zach having breakfast before heading to school |
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| On our way to visit friends |
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| Agnes and I always enjoy visiting the Alu family, who live somewhat near Agnes. In the photo are Edgar, Anaya, Agnes, and Mary. The box on Agnes' head was a gift of produce from her farm, for our mutual friends - Bishop and Margaret Wanjala. |
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| Beautiful foggy morning at Agnes' farm, located in the Nzoia River valley |
Around the house and shamba, December 2013
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| Duane and Zach absolutely love it when I bring crayons and a coloring book for them! |
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| Adu fetching water |
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| The dog has really gotten big since I last saw it! |
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| Agnes making a dress for her friend, Eliza |
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| This is an 'iron box'. Hot coals from the cooking fire are used to make it hot. |
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| The sun is just above the horizon on Boxing Day, December 26th. A great start to a new day. |
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| Arrowroot is a common staple food in Kenya, typically eaten for breakfast. |
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| Sukuma wiki ('push the week') is how Kenyans refer to kale, cooked as greens. It's a relatively cheap food and helps to stretch the weekly food budget. |
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| Agnes has planted several sugarcane plants like this young one. |
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| She also has several healthy pumpkin plants. We had boiled pumpkin one morning for breakfast. |
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| Seed beds for more kale plants. The mosquito netting keeps the chickens away from the seedlings. |
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| Adu and Tony started a rabbit project. Eight babies were born while I was there. |
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| Cool shot of the sky at dusk, looking past the outhouse sitting on top of an ant hill |
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| Tony just added water to a pot of boiling milk, to make chai (tea) |
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| Agnes had part of the house 'plastered' and a new veranda added to the front. Both give it a more finished look. |
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| Duane and Zach seem to never run out of creative ways to play! |
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| They're sliding down an ant hill in a piece of an old tire. Simple pleasures! |
Christmas in the village, December 2013
Christmas in the village is a simple affair, without all the glitter and glitz of the Western world or the big city of Nairobi. The emphasis is placed on attending a church service on the morning of Christmas Day, being with family, and having special foods that aren't affordable the rest of the year. Gift-giving doesn't really factor into the celebration.
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| Duane and Zach, dressed in their new outfits, try to construct a 'house of cards'. |
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| The stereotype for this part of Kenya is that people always have chicken for Christmas dinner. However, Agnes bought a duck from a neighbor for the special occasion this year. Adu slaughtered it early in the morning and Pope was the one to cook it over a three-stone fire. |
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| Pope tending to the duck |
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| It was a simple meal - duck, soup, ugali, and soda. Quite yummy, I might add. |
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| Even the kitty got to have a bit of the special Christmas dinner :) |
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| Agnes, just home from the market |
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| Adu, with a snack of orange slices and biscuits |
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| Tony, catching up on the previous day's news |