Every Thursday is a big market day in the village of Idiwili. Merchants from town bring used and new merchandise to spread on plastic mats on the ground or hang on fences.
Heaps of shoes, clothing, tools and hardware items fill the market area. Fabric pieces are draped on home-made hangers on fences and sewn into wraps or clothing by "tailors" who have brought their treadle machines. Local farmers bring home-made brooms and produce, as well as dried fish.
Livestock is sold on the village football (soccer) field. Today was raining (it seems to often rain on Thursday), so we didn't take too many good pictures; we'll do another update on this later.
What we'd like to share today is what always happens when we go to market: we are joined by one or more students. On this day, Giliam and Peter met us on the road and accompanied us the entire trip, carrying our purchases and conversing, both in English and Swahili. We asked them where we'd find the best restaurant in the village.
We like to bless our students in Jesus' name, so we treated them to everyone's favorite: chipsi mayai, French fries cooked in egg.
A couple of tables set end to end with a common bench on either side the length of the room will accommodate all the customers in a boarding house style.
Bon appétit!
Your Hands & Feet,
Gary & Joanne
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