On Wednesday Fr Priscus and I drove to see Emily Mosha, Fr Benedict’s sister who lives in Pofo. As we left the main road which was tarred, we hit the usual wavy, rumpled, rutted adventure in driving command performance. After a few kilometers of this adventure we arrived at the new church which I presented in the pictures. The people in the pictures which I was not able to name are Emily Mosha, the Pastor, Fr Fulgence and the Project manager. The Boys and girls in the pictures I add today are those African children who when they see a white person yell to their friends. Un Zugu Unzugu! Which literaly means a European. They almost always say “ Give me money or give me present. Fr Ihedeus actually preached against this practice when I first came. He said That I don’t have money to give. When some older boys asked me in front of Father, I asked him to tell them I already gave my gift. It was at the hospital where they could come to be treated when they get sick. Fr Priscus entertained these young boys and girls with jokes and we had a lot of fun so I took their picture while waiting for Emily to finish talking to some people. She road with us to direct us to her house. She had walked to the church from home which was at least two miles.We proceeded to a turn which took us on a road which was narrow and just between the fields on either side. We turned right then left getting narrower and narrower until the road was only wide enough for one car. Every time we made a turn I thought we were there. The area was very pretty. We finally arrived at Fr Ben’s house which was very nice looking. The living room was large with chairs around the room up against the walls with a large table in the middle. We had some tea and talked to Emily who is a very sweet lady. After a while she left to get the food which was being cooked at her brothers house. We ended up with a banquet fit for about ten more people. Later Fr Ben’s younger sister came to say hello. I was glad that Fr Priscus was there because she did not speak English.We had still to buy things in Moshi before going back so we had to leave after a couple hours. To make the return 2/1/2 hour drive back. I have delayed sending this because I wanted to upload the pictures but have not been able. Hopefully I will send the pics in the future.
what kind of food was it?
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