The last couple days we have spent checking on cu-cu’s. First found cu-cu Nygothie (one of the Hannah’s cu-cu) in town on my way home from Nairobi…she was patiently waiting for us and because of car issues we were a couple hours late!! This cu-cu is quite the character! We bought her coco and powdered milk and when she heard we could give her a lift back to her shamba she asked for her big shop…cabbages, onions, ugali (maize like porridge mixture that is big part of their diet) and other fruits and veggies…weighed a ton! She lives 6 miles out in the boonies and walks into town every Wednesday …now every other Wednesday as she said it has gotten to be too much. She herself was amazed at how far she walked!! Our taxi driver was most impressed!! Her shamba (farm/home) is in a horrible state as they have not yet gotten the rain….nothing green just desert dry and depressing. But she was happy there would be food in the house and she had her “neighbors” (her husband and daughter buried next to the house) so wasn’t lonely!! Also a great grandson aged 6 dumped on her last year. We now have him in our program and he walks 3 miles to school each day (excitedly as he also knows he will get lunch—so runs the whole way!) and is just as scrappy as his cu-cu….a very lucky little boy!! Next we stopped in to check on the other Hanna’s cu-cu. Another Great-grandmother raising young ones .She too loves when we can pop in. Asks each time when I’ll being going back to America so she can pack and be ready to go with me!! Then she starts to laugh. She also has 5 year old Moses with her…he goes nuts when he sees Susan and we always bring him something special…this time a nice pair of trousers and sweets. He immediately put them on and exclaimed he was dressed smart enough for a ride in the car!! So sweet. We left them with some food (after Moses got his car ride). We were going to hit the Wednesday Market as we had a car when Daniel called and said we had one of our boys at the house. So went home instead…
We are enjoying a visit by, Dula (my friend’s nephew) for a short stay as he took a break from school. He took a hot shower and we served him beef stew, chapatis and soda…loaded him up with school supplies and tooth brush/toothpaste (thank you Dr Green!!) and away he went to be immediately replaced with another momma with request for help.
Today rented a taxi for a couple hours to check on Patrick’s cu-cu, Grace’s cu-cu (Carole and Marty!) she was so concerned we would no longer love Grace since she is now a hairdresser making money…we explained that once the kids are in the program they are family forever…she was tremendously relieved and “gave” Grace to us!! She is in very poor health, I’d never seen her so bad so we left her happy and soothed that her Grace will be loved when she is gone. Then on to see Agnes W.’s mom…home with ten kids ..they are ok. On our way home we ran into a trench and got stuck good….got out of the car in the middle of nowhere and wondered what now and out of nowhere three good samaritans turned up and after an hour we were free! Decided to celebrate by stopping to see Willie at school…he is fine and had a good talk with his Headmistress and decided to have him stay in school and mature a bit…he’s a clever boy but lazy and rather cheeky…but seems to be coming around a bit now after some talks! Now tired and hungry and almost afraid to go home to see what’s waiting but Grace’s cu-cu sent us home with githari (a delicious bean corn dish) and the smell made us go straight home for late lunch early dinner… kitten and landladies dogs awaiting……
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