We spent some time planning our week – craft markets, art galleries, and another national park (allegedly containing the elusive leopard) but this is going to be a quiet chilling out week most of the time. We saw a meal plan on a noticeboard, and the food is very basic & repetitive, but it must be challenging to feed that many people (up to 70 at a time) on very limited resources.īy the time we finished our tour Mike had cooked us a delicious stir-fry, complete with his home-grown Thai basil, for dinner. The college tries to be self-sufficient, and much of the grounds is devoted to farming – maize, sweet potato, green vegetables, also pigs, cows & chickens. There is an outdoor kitchen where the meals for the students are prepared – it is very basic & I can’t imagine cooking there. Thank you Lord Hallelujah Youve been so good to me Thank you Lord Hallelujah Im grateful for my blessings Im grateful for my struggles Trials and tribulations Ive bee. We also saw the worker’s cottages, which were very small & primitive, sharing one toilet (just a concrete hole in the ground). The buildings are solid, plainly furnished but in quite good condition. It is quite a large block of land, with a number of different buildings – lecture hall, dining room, dormitories, staff offices, the principle’s house, the library & computer room. It turns out she has recorded a couple of CDs so hopefully we will be able to bring one home with us.Īfter lunch and a siesta (still recovering from all those pre-dawn starts) Katie & the kids took us on a tour of the college. We didn’t understand the words but she has a magnificent voice. The singing was wonderful, there was a small choir of young people who sang and harmonised beautifully, and Joseph’s wife Martha (more properly known as Mama Mchungaji Joseph) lead (from her seat) in a couple of songs. We were personally welcomed (in Swahili) by one of the elders, and we responded (in English) with greetings from Australia. The whole service was in Swahili, but the head pastor Mchungaji Joseph,(mchungaji means literally shepherd, and is equivalent to Reverend) sat with us and interpreted for us, which was very helpful. We were late but apparently the starting time is rather fluid, so no-one seemed bothered. We walked to church, which is part of the Munguishi Bible College campus (Munguishi means ‘God lives’). Katie said there is no English equivalent for that one! “Shikamoo” is how young people address their elders, to which we needed to respond “Marhaba”. “Bwana Asifiwe” means “The Lord be Praised” and is a greeting. Mike & Katie gave us a crash course in a couple of Swahili phrases we would need. Then Katie insisted we ate a snack (some delicious home made sultana buns) because, she said, we would need sustenance to get us through church, which can run for up to 2 hours or more. Harry is 5, Miriam is 2.5 & Sam is 18 months. ![]() ![]() Mike played guitar, Katie sang and they all did craft together. This was not the usual Sunday School, but was a family affair in the lounge room. Today was certainly very different to our recent experiences in Kenya! After a leisurely breakfast it was Sunday school time for the kids.
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