I am very happy to welcome Dave's mom (my mother-in-law) to Kenya! She will only be known here as "Mama Dave" but her real name is Sue :)
The kids are ravenously interested in life in the US, and have a keen curiosity for our families in particular. Needless to say, there was much anticipation for her arrival. These little faces peering over the welcome signs they made was the sight that greeted us as we brought her to the house for the first time.
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| Naomi, Millie and Selah welcome Mama Dave to Jemo House |
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| Daniel and Janet greet Mama Dave |
Sue jumped right into life in Kenya and the kids loved getting to know her. We had just harvested maize from our fields and she helped lay it out to dry and shuck it off the cobs. The process included spreading the cobs of corn out to dry each day in the sun. Then once they are dry enough to shuck the maize is dried again. The maize can then be boiled to eat or ground up at the local mill to make our staple food; ugali.
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| Sue and Carissa spread our maize to dry in the sun |
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| Sue and Lynet shucking the maize off the cob |
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| Dave lends a hand to Jacky and Caroline |
Dave and I feel so blessed to have families that support our work and mission so completely. It means so much to us to get to share this amazing place with them!
Jessie
Good work, Jessie!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, as usual.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t know about how you all were growing and harvesting the maize.
I so much love the welcome signs. It’s really interesting to see how everyone works on the maize. It looks like you need strong thumbs! I like Daniels glasses :) Mom
ReplyDeleteYour children are such crafty artists, Jessie! I love the welcome signs. It looks like your maize project grew well!
ReplyDeleteMary