Cooking class on the corner

We recently made pizza at our cooking class on the corner. This was quite a lesson since we had to do everything from crust, sauce, and baking all from scratch and on a charcoal cooker. This was a new taste for them also because not a single one had ever eaten pizza, they even had lots of trouble saying PIZZA. We have lots of fun visiting while things are cooking, but the ideal thing would be to have a Bible study while we wait. When we come back in May we are going to let them do the cooking. Each student will choose a recipe and they will have to cook it. We will provide the ingredients for them, but they seem to be excited about the prospect of cooking. They called it their "test". Our pr@yer is that one day this will lead to them asking questions about more than cooking.

Terry & Harry and the Jogoo

Terry & Harry and the Jogoo kind of sounds like a musical group, but a jogoo is a rooster. Harry is one of our peace corp volunteers and he came to Kondoa to get two roosters for his project in the village. You can also see Terry making a waterer for Harry to take back to the village with him. We try to always do things that are reproducible with what the people have locally.

Terry makes a chicken waterer

Recently, on the corner, Terry was teaching how to make a chicken waterer from large plastic water bottles. He used a large 12 liter bottle for the bottom, cutting the top off and making a tray to hold the water and a smaller 6 liter for the water storage. You put a few holes in the top bottle and it lets the water fall down into the bottom tray until it is filled, then the chickens can drink from the bottom tray. It keeps the chickens out of the water and keeps the water cleaner.

One of our peace corp volunteers was here last week getting some roosters for his project in a village and they made the waterer. This is something Terry learned as a young boy at his grandparents farm.

Tomatoes

Nan sorts & washes
Mama Edena peals and quarters

The finished product

Nan took time this week to do some canning. Although there are tomatoes all the time in the market, here in Kondoa, they are usually the Roma type and not quite as good for canning. Because we have had good rains we have nice round tomatoes. It was fun in the market buying all the tomatoes, lots of good opportunities to talk with the women and men about what Nan was doing. Many people now in the market will say, "I know you, you live at Kilimani" or "Mr. Williams teaches at Ibra". Again, this is just getting our name out and getting that good reputation and one day they will ask about why we have come to Kondoa and then we have the opportunity to tell them about J.

Cake Decorating

We recently did a cake decorating class

at our class on the corner. We took all the

supplies, including the cakes, and let

everyone decorate. There were three

cakes and about eight people to "practice".

Everyone enjoyed the practice and then got to eat cake.

A room to worship in

Terry spent time cleaning up the weeds and grass, Mama Edena swept the floor and Nan dusted the shelves, we were ready for Sunday and our

first worship in the room. Sunday arrived bright and beautiful after a 9/10 of an inch rain on Saturday night. We had nine (9) children (two behind the door on the right), Mama Edena, Terry & Nan. We hope to outgrow this room quickly and move on to a bigger place of worship. The rent is paid strictly by the giving of those who attend the worship, we have been saving for a year now. The rent is 5,000/= shillings a month or about $3.36 USD. Pray with us that God will bless those who come and will grow His Kingdom.

Hot Bread on the Corner

Here Nan has been making bread over a charcoal cooker. This week she made the bread from beginning to finish on the street corner in town. The mixing, then waiting to rise, then kneading, then waiting to rise again and then cooking takes quite a bit of time. Our P is that one day while we are "waiting" we can do a Bible study. The bread turned out very good and they were so impressed. Next week we make donuts again! Hot work!