Beautiful mwaitu!

Whenever we would come into the house for dinner she would usually ask us one of several questions like:

1) “What tribe are you from?”

2) “How was the party?” this one puzzled me – I guess we always looked like we had just come from a party!

3) “Are we related?”

Gideon and Pauline would usually answer for us and tell her we were from her tribe and yes we were related! I wondered if she ever saw us as white? Her peace for life came from her trust in the Almighty and I think that blinded her to the black/white issue.

I miss hearing her singing everyday. She would even sing her answers to questions! Her health is slowly failing (they believe she is around 103 years old!) and I pray the remainder of her life is spent in peace and happiness.

What a blessing it was to see her and spend time with her. When she would pray for us, even though we didn’t understand the language, you just knew she was speaking directly to God.

Please pray for mwaitu and for Pauline and Gideon to have the strength to continue honoring their mother.