Salome's Dinner

We were invited to Christine and Alois's home tonight for dinner - a rare treat! Salome (Christine's daughter) and Mercy (a friend of Christine's who used to work at HOREC until she had a little baby, Medrine, four months ago) spent all day preparing a meal of beef stew, seasoned rice and chapati (African pancake - like a tortilla). This had to be the best meal we have had here - it was really good (mzuri sana)! Salome skipped her last class and took the bus home from university last night at 9 pm so she could do this for us. It was for Marty, really, because Marty raised the money for Salome's tests so she could go to university. Thank you, Marty, for sharing this wonderful experience with us. Hospitality doesn't get any better than this!

It was nice to see how a local Kenyan might live. Christine and Alois have given up a bigger and nicer home to be able to make HOREC possible and to live closer to HOREC. It is amazing what this woman is doing for these children. And, it is obvious that they love her.

Sidebar: Marty is amazing! The children all remember her and just love her. She has been indispensible to us on this trip and we all oftentimes go to her for advice - Marty, what should we do about this, Marty, what should we do about that, Marty, is it okay if we do this, etc. I am so thankful for her insight and what she brings to this team. Thank you, Marty!