Pictures 4-30-08

This is John, the deaf mute from Kilili. To his right is President Makiti and to his left is John the 1st councilor. You can see a portion of the newly thatched hut in the background. Note how he is piling up used bricks he has found around to fill in the holes at the base of his abode. He will just coat that with mud to seal up the cracks.

This is President Makiti's mother, niece, and a hired hand. They are shelling the maize grown during the last rainy season. They then bag it up and store it in another hut or, in this case, house as President Makiti is one of the more well to do local residents. He even has a solar panel for generating electricity which is only used mostly for a TV, DVD player, and charging cell phones.

This rose bush is directly behind our assigned parking space at our living quarters. The weather is such that it blooms year round. However because the parking lot is used by all the kids in the complex here for football (soccer), skateboarding, and just messing around the blooms generally don't have the opportunity to last more than 24 hours. They do look great when we leave early each morning.