well hello again. it has been a crazy past 7 days and after you read this entry, you will know why it was not posted sooner.
last friday-went into town to meet with some pastors for FMP. i get to a nice area called Nairobi Junction. full of whites. i open the door of my taxi, and accidently scratch the door next to me. the driver of this car get out and starts yelling at me, she's danish. she decides to call diplomatic security to figure this out. i am confused at what just happened at this point. security gets there, very mad that they had to come out for this. the option was work out a deal or they would do something. we worked out a price and i paid. i now regret this and would of rather dealt with diplomatic security. easy to say she was not my fav person of the day. i also left my house keys in the taxi i was in. bughhhh.
last saturday- a month before, we got invited to the wedding of the brother of one of the teachers we work with, the same one who taught us how to make samosas. we were so excited to go to a kenyan wedding. the wedding went for a pretty long time, but it was filled with lots of screaming and amens. the food was amazing, like most kenyan food is. the dancing was fun to watch and the traditions of the wedding. very very fun day.
last sunday-I gave the palm sunday message which i loved to do. I love holy week, so i treated it with as much care as possible. after service, we thought we were playing footbol. what really happened is that we saw a few chickens being carried off and we had to see what was happening. long story short i got a crash course in executing chickens, and dealing with the cleaning of the body. very very good stuff to know.
monday-wednesday-started interviewing teachers for the school, kinda fun, my butt fell asleep. i also bought an axe head for the school since all they had to split wood for the fires that heat the stoves was a sledgehammer. chopped all day wednesday and now my hands are thrashed. but so rewarding.
thursday- got the word that the sheep would be better off dead thursday then friday. hogtied the sheep, did the deed, let it drained and then got to work. work was going fine until the power went out. waited 30 min, came back on. as i am butchering it as carefully as possible, i was told it's not the kenyan way. the gardners came in and wrecked havoc on the body. organs were popped, the hide was in bad shape, a very gory scene that could of been avoided. but the meat is fine which is the most important thing i guess. i have a ziploc full of offal that is mine which will make a very nice easter meal plus a leg which i can never argue with. the kids will be able to eat sheep stew four times this weekend. my housemates bought a lot of things for the stew and chapati mix. we are so happy to be able to give to these kids as much as we are. when the kids thank you, it makes all the hard work that went into making it happen worth it.
good friday-sheep starts cooking today, and i get to cook too. i love cooking, so doing this will be fun. liver and onions are on the menu tomorrow, heart for lunch today, fried meat tonight. but whats even better is the fact that i am giving the good friday message today. like i said, holy week is my favorite. it's the one time of year where i dig into traditions of the church. i made a deal with my roommate that he can do the easter message if i get good friday. last year at olu i was blessed to be able to give the easter message which is still the high water mark of my life. easter here just fyi, is celebrated on Monday, not Sunday. don't ask why, we tried to find out and got very strange answers. but whatever.
i hope all of you have an very awesome easter weekend and are able to meditate on the true meaning of easter. i miss home right now cause i would love to eat ham and go to the cornerstone easter egg hunt, but this is where God put me, so im staying.
love you all.
last friday-went into town to meet with some pastors for FMP. i get to a nice area called Nairobi Junction. full of whites. i open the door of my taxi, and accidently scratch the door next to me. the driver of this car get out and starts yelling at me, she's danish. she decides to call diplomatic security to figure this out. i am confused at what just happened at this point. security gets there, very mad that they had to come out for this. the option was work out a deal or they would do something. we worked out a price and i paid. i now regret this and would of rather dealt with diplomatic security. easy to say she was not my fav person of the day. i also left my house keys in the taxi i was in. bughhhh.
last saturday- a month before, we got invited to the wedding of the brother of one of the teachers we work with, the same one who taught us how to make samosas. we were so excited to go to a kenyan wedding. the wedding went for a pretty long time, but it was filled with lots of screaming and amens. the food was amazing, like most kenyan food is. the dancing was fun to watch and the traditions of the wedding. very very fun day.
last sunday-I gave the palm sunday message which i loved to do. I love holy week, so i treated it with as much care as possible. after service, we thought we were playing footbol. what really happened is that we saw a few chickens being carried off and we had to see what was happening. long story short i got a crash course in executing chickens, and dealing with the cleaning of the body. very very good stuff to know.
monday-wednesday-started interviewing teachers for the school, kinda fun, my butt fell asleep. i also bought an axe head for the school since all they had to split wood for the fires that heat the stoves was a sledgehammer. chopped all day wednesday and now my hands are thrashed. but so rewarding.
thursday- got the word that the sheep would be better off dead thursday then friday. hogtied the sheep, did the deed, let it drained and then got to work. work was going fine until the power went out. waited 30 min, came back on. as i am butchering it as carefully as possible, i was told it's not the kenyan way. the gardners came in and wrecked havoc on the body. organs were popped, the hide was in bad shape, a very gory scene that could of been avoided. but the meat is fine which is the most important thing i guess. i have a ziploc full of offal that is mine which will make a very nice easter meal plus a leg which i can never argue with. the kids will be able to eat sheep stew four times this weekend. my housemates bought a lot of things for the stew and chapati mix. we are so happy to be able to give to these kids as much as we are. when the kids thank you, it makes all the hard work that went into making it happen worth it.
good friday-sheep starts cooking today, and i get to cook too. i love cooking, so doing this will be fun. liver and onions are on the menu tomorrow, heart for lunch today, fried meat tonight. but whats even better is the fact that i am giving the good friday message today. like i said, holy week is my favorite. it's the one time of year where i dig into traditions of the church. i made a deal with my roommate that he can do the easter message if i get good friday. last year at olu i was blessed to be able to give the easter message which is still the high water mark of my life. easter here just fyi, is celebrated on Monday, not Sunday. don't ask why, we tried to find out and got very strange answers. but whatever.
i hope all of you have an very awesome easter weekend and are able to meditate on the true meaning of easter. i miss home right now cause i would love to eat ham and go to the cornerstone easter egg hunt, but this is where God put me, so im staying.
love you all.
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