Thursday, December 17, 2009

Chipatos

This is what we have decided to call a burrito wrapped with a chipati. Last night the Americans cooked dinner for the Kenyans. We had a Mexican Fiesta complete with salsa, guacamole, rice, beans, and a thinner chipati that we used as tortillas. Chipati is a staple Kenyan food that is made just like a tortilla. Joyce uses wheat flour to make hers, bascially it's a very thick tortilla that we eat with breakfast, lunch or dinner. The Chipati were made very thin last night to accomodate the mexican theme. With the mango fruit as dessert, it may have been the best meal of the trip so far. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, especially Max (issac's oldest son) who, when asked about dinner simply replied, "It was beautiful."

Yesterday Jill and Austin attended a 3 hour village meeting. The rest of us girls went on a long walk through the village, took a few naps and had lunch. We were getting ready to make dinner when a neighbor asked us to walk with her...she said it would just be a quarter of a kilometer. 40 minutes later we were welcomed into a Women's group meeting and had some tea...as is customary in Kenya. We hung out for a while but needed to head back since dinner needed to get started. We made it home before dark and started on dinner. I had fun in the kitchen cooking rice and beans over coals. We pulled out our ipods and had a few dance parties. Issac's kids really like Lady Gaga for some reason. It was a really fun evening.

The next few days are pretty loose. Hopefully they involve a ride to Thompson Falls to check out a waterfall and another trip to the city to check our email and shop in the market.

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