Day 285 - The Farm Visit

We were immediately surrounded by all the extended family and the animals that lived with them. A goat was slaughtered for their highly honoured guests and the boys set about catching (well trying to catch), killing, plucking and preparing a chicken to accompany the goat of dinner. Sammy immediately joined in with the bare foot approach to life.

After a great many attempts, we discovered that the trick was to grind up some maize and get them to come to you. I even managed to catch one myself.

Even the family was having difficulty catching the chosen one. But he was finally caught.

And quickly dispatched and made ready for cooking.

We even discovered the remains of our goat around the back.

The fire was made and the BBQ commenced. As the guests we were the first to eat and we were presented with the choicest pieces. This turned out to be the liver of the goat. For the boys, it was a first. It was delicious. The boys ate some under a bit of duress but survived the ordeal in order to uphold the honour bestowed on us.

We were also shown around the farm. Basically they grow maize to feed all the animals. They have about 5 acres. But at the time we arrived the crop was in a very sorry state. The rains had not come and the crop was all shriveled and in real danger of failing completely. Baba Eunice was very troubled.

We collected some vegetables and fruits.

Eunice and her family were very religious and most weekend nights would be completed around the fire, singing songs and praise and offering prayer. The situation with the drought was top of the list of prayer. We all joined in, with many of the songs that we knew and offered our own prayers.