Iringa

Yesterday was an awesome day for all of us. While the guys went to the police station to give them soccer jerseys and soccer balls, the girls went to Beatrice's house to learn how to cook a traditional African meal.
The first thing we had to do was go to the backyard to dig up the sweet potatoes. Kelsey and Kristen washed them off and then Amy and Katy peeled them. There are no potato peelers in Africa, so we used knifes! After the potatoes we made beef stew, rice, and fried mashed bananas. The guys seemed to enjoy it!
Immediately after eating, we headed to our next village. While we were there we met Massai women, which was really cool! Almost the entire church came to know the Lord that night.

Today was a hard day for us because we had little to eat. We started off the day with one slice of bread and jam. We worked really hard in the village under the blazing hot sun and didn't get to break for lunch until about 2pm. We were both very excited to eat. We walked to the pastor of the village's house and squished into a dark, hot room with wasps flying everywhere. There, we patiently waited for our meal. When the women finally brought it to us, they opened the lids to find ugali, rice, and chicken. From across the room we looked at each other with tears filling our eyes. Both of us were looking for a more fulfilling meal; we laughed it off and did our best to eat what we could. However, a small portion of rice was the most we could make ourselves eat.
In the village we started off by baptizing the people saved last night, a total of 38 people were saved- awesome! After that, we offered a baby dedication. The five of us girls were able to hold about 5 babies, an average of 2 babies cried for each of us. Next we had the Lord's Supper, and then finally went home at about 5pm.
Thankfully, when we got back to the hotel we had 5 hot pizzas waiting for us across the street. Between the two of us, we ate 9 pizza slices! We were hungry!!! It was a lot of fun teaching the Africans how to eat pizzas. Sadly, after dinner we had to say good-bye to Aggripa and his family. We thank God for the amazing journey we have had with the people of Iringa.

Katy just got over an stomach ache, but now Marvin has it! Keep them in your prayers and pray the rest of us will stay healthy.

Both of us have taken over 1500 pictures so far, not bad.

Tomorrow we will leave for Morogoro and we are all very excited!