Whoa, the past few days have been…hectic? crazy? fun? exciting? tiring? Yea, all that and more!
Let me begin where I left off on Friday. I finally decided to change up the blog and that actually went quite smoothly. I hope you all like the new layout.
Saturday we were invited to a family gathering at Bosco’s sisters home. Bosco is the project manager at C4KK and has become a very good friend so we were pleased to be invited. The gathering was approximately 30 miles away yet during the past 8 years Catherine (Bosco’s sister) has lived there her parents have never seen her home. And honestly after the ride we had I can totally understand!
We started at 9am with Bosco, Ann (his wife), Stephen, David (his sons) and Coletta (his daughter) along with another of Bosco’s sisters and her daughter squeezed into the back seat of the truck. Then in the bed of the truck were two of Bosco’s friends and his dad surprised us all by saying he would ride in the bed of the truck too along with his friend!
On the way there we crossed Thika River. It’s been flooding recently (you can see some of our photos from near C4KK here) and after the waters receded you can see the effects of throwing trash into the river has on the landscape.
As I mentioned earlier the distance is only about 30 miles yet it took us 2 1/2 hours to drive that. The truck was rocking back and forth, tipping sideways and going through water. When we made it to the nearest village we were guided by Bosco’s brother-in-law (in the blue shirt and jeans) into the interior…more rocky roads!
We made it to the compound and were shown around Wambua’s (brother-in-law) property. He has a beautiful view and a very nice shamba (farm)!
After a yummy lunch there was singing….and this family likes to sing and dance!
It was also time for some playing in the dirt!
Then it was time to make the trip back home…my back (hence the “feeling aged” title!) was a bit skeptical about the ride, but we finally made it home safe and sound. Well, maybe not too sound, I could feel the stiffness creeping in and knew the next day would be interesting.
I remember thinking years ago how the elderly would be cautioned about taking certain trips because of the roads that would be driven and I would laugh….I’m not laughing anymore!
Sunday morning came early as my kids decided to call us, did I mention early?, and wanted to Skype. I had totally forgotten it was Mother’s Day so we cranked up the computer, turned on the Internet and had a short Skype call (the Internet kept breaking up, not putting the video through well and voices cracking throughout). The kids did get to tell me happy mother’s day though and it was wonderful to see their faces and hear their voices!
The rest of the day was spent reading scripture, resting and trying to recuperate from the trip the day before. Yes I was feeling aged but grateful for the opportunity to see a family gathering with their jokes, laughing, dancing and food…although I couldn’t understand most of it, I could understand love.
Stay tuned tomorrow for more Feeling Aged.