Village Visit

 By Sara:

Anthony and I have visited many of our friends' village homes, where their extended families live and which they usually visit around Christmas.  But I had never seen the village where my friend Betty grew up.  So we organized a time to go there during a week when Anthony was busy.

This year hasn't been great for farming, but sorghum is pretty resilient and was one crop that was doing well in the village:

We visited the homes of three of Betty's brothers and walked all over the land of her childhood memories.  She pointed out the different places where she remembered working in the garden, the place where some relatives were buried, and where the house used to be that she lived in as a young child.

We saw the natural well where she used to get water when she was young.  It used to be the only place for people to get water at the time, but now there is a borehole somewhat nearby.  The well is not in very good shape now.

Betty was sad that people have allowed it to get so run down and contaminated by animals.

We had a nice lunch with many family members, prepared by some of these ladies - sisters-in-law, nieces, and Betty's daughter.