Sheep, lamb, kid? What do they call it?

As most things in Kenya go I am still getting information about food prices…so I will wait on that posting until I get a more complete picture. Now…

I never grew up on a farm so this is foreign to me. I’d look at a goat/sheep/hen as a pet and be very sad if it died. But in Kenya there are no pets – if you are struggling to feed yourself and your family you certainly aren’t’ going to spend money on food for an animal.

Pauline and Gideon from Nice View Academy had won a sheep a couple of months ago at a church raffle. They were surprised and happy to find out that the sheep was pregnant. But then one day it was missing. I asked Pauline how they go about finding it – I told her how here in the States we put up posters with a picture and our phone number to get back our missing pet. There they just ask around and tell people what the sheep looks like, plus with it being pregnant it was a little easier. After a couple of days someone found it and returned it!

I found out this week that the sheep was tied to a tree to keep it in the compound, struggled against the rope and died 🙁 Here is the lamb that Mutie (the night watchman at Nice View) is holding.

But they did say that the lamb is beginning to eat grass and growing bigger. They are hoping to get an offspring from this one to replace the mother. I haven’t found out yet if they were able to use the meat from the mother or what. What a treat that would have been if possible.

Nice View Academy is not able to purchase meat for the children because of the expense, so I’ll try to find out if the children were able to eat the meat.

This is another area that Saved By God’s Grace is working to help the orphanages become self-sustaining. Getting chickens or goats or cows where they can use them for milk, eggs etc. Planting veggies, beans, maize etc. Giving them a helping hand (see video)…please join us in this mission.

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