Village Friends

Because Eli is very active, my main role was to keep him out of the way. Unfortunately, that meant I couldn’t do much of anything to help with the camp. I ended helping coordinate the team lunches and being available if there were problems or if anyone needed anything. I would have loved to do more, but I had couldn't. I think if I go to another camp, I would bring someone who could help watch Eli so I could contribute more.

Since we couldn’t stay in the church building, we made ourselves at home at a nearby house. The man who lived there open up his house to the team. This is where they ate lunch everyday and where Eli and I hung out.



Eli made friends with the kids living there.



They were such good sports and pushed him around all day in the wheelbarrow. They were small themselves so the poor little things were huffing and puffing as he had a grand old time being chauffeured around.



Eli brought his evange-cube one day. I showed the story several times to the kids. They didn’t understand English, but they liked to hear me tell it… over and over! Here is Eli trying to tell the story.



Shortly after the above cute moment, Eli bopped one of them on the head with the cube and had to go to time out.


I love this photo. It looks like he is praying for the kids or blessing them. But, he is just using their heads to help him step down.




One bonus about being there, he got to indulge in the foods they ate. Here they are eating chapati.


Later he wolfed down omena (tiny little fish, a Luo staple). George was so proud when I showed him the photos.



He spilled omena soup all over his shirt so he went shirtless the rest of the day.



I had a nice time there too. I even found a little dog to play with.


I talked with the ladies who were doing the cooking and got to practice my Luo. It was a pleasure to hang out with them, especially since this is where George is from and we’ll be there a lot in the future.