Blessed and humbled

We had a wonderful visit from the women from the church today.  There were nine of them and five of them brought their babies or young children.  What a delight!  We enjoyed some fanta (soda) and cakes (sort of like a bread) together.  It was a great time.  I was so incredibly blessed and humbled by their visit and especially their great generosity!  I know these women and I know how hard life is for them and their families.  I see them struggling and suffering and yet they have such generous hearts.  They came bearing many gifts for us (pictures below).  How sweet of them!  Things are quite different when you are pastoring a church in rural Africa!  You get paid very little in the sense of money but the people give what they have and they have such good hearts!  I was almost brought to tears as one mama shared from her heart that we are together, and just because our skin is different we can't let that separate us.  We are the same and they accept me as one of them.  God has knit our hearts together in a way that only He can.  I am blessed and humbled!

A live chicken in the corner of the kitchen awaiting her fate...

Igitoki (like plantains)!  This is the second huge bunch that we received in the last few days!  We are blessed beyond what we can handle literally! : ) We'll be sharing the wealth with some neighbors!

A nice big bag of tomatoes and fresh eggs!  We use many tomatoes in our cooking here and I love making eggs for breakfast for the hubby and I!  We are going to enjoy!

Three huge pineapples!  Delicious!  Can't wait to ripen these up a bit and dig in!