"Mzungu" Cooks Supper

Making dinner at Godfrey's house. His sister Elda had me wear one of her kangas and let me help make supper while the guys went to haul water for us all to shower. Speghetti with fresh tomato sauce, and "tangawizi chai" (ginger tea)-- delicious! Here we are, cooking the spaghetti over a charcoal stove. 

Grating the fresh ginger to boil in the water along with some "sukari" (sugar).

Have enjoyed getting to know little Rosie. Godfrey and Elda have taken her in, as she was orphaned and didn't have anywhere to go. Had some oreo-type cookies with orange-flavored filling leftover from traveling earlier. Godfrey suggested I give them to her after supper. She was very excited. As soon as she tore open the foil wrapper, she immediately handed the first one to me. Wow! We enjoyed licking out the fillings together and pretending to feed the cookies to her teddy bear. Rosie told Godfrey that she wished she could speak English because then she could talk with me. Sweet girl. Elda and I were planning on rooming together tonight, but little Rosie wants to stay with us. With all these guests, she doesn't want to sleep by herself. I don't blame her! We'll see if we can squeeze the three of us girls in one bed :)

 

Kenedy and Raphael, relaxing and enjoying time together. Kenedy told me while we were eating supper, that it was the first time he's eaten something that was cooked by a white person. We all laughed at that :) I said, "Well, at least you're still alive!"

 

Our beautiful table. Also had "chips" (French fries) and fresh cucumber and mango.

Enjoying this time with friends. Great to be together again.

Don't care if I don't sleep a wink this week. Too much to catch up on :)

It is an amazing feeling to arrive in Chome area without jet lag--that's never happened before!