Upon our return to Kenya we walked through the mission home and found a few spots in the ceiling where the paint and cement had fallen. These spots were only about 1-2″ in diameter and it seemed to have a hole in the middle, almost like an insect had burrowed into it. But could an insect do that? Possibly. We also found some cracks in the cement so we wanted to discuss these with the engineer. He came by to take a look and told us the spots on the ceiling were actually seeds growing!
I had noticed when I cleaned off the ledge in the kitchen a seed kernel and I thought it odd for it to be there. Not realizing it was the seed from the spot just above the kitchen ledge!
The engineer told us because of the sand and how it is sifted not all the seeds were removed….hence trees growing in our ceiling!
The plan is to wait for rainy season to be over before doing any repair work so for now we have seeds in the ceiling.