A Day to Make the Senses Come to Life!

Decided to visit the back end of the market today!  Seems like it is so large you can

never see all of it at once... It is a bit overwhelming.  I didn't take pictures of the 

meat shops or should i say butcher shops... right on the spot butchers!  Didn't see a lot of refrigeration so i didn't buy any meat.  

Clothes everywhere!

Hanging from every possible rack

And of course... there are African deco pieces....

Hundreds, no maybe thousands of them.

And millions & millions of beans... every kind and color!

I think the longer we are here... the more beans we will consume.  

 Cauliflower and Cabbage Heads are huge at the market! 

It's hard to imagine they don't use special fertilizers.

 There were really a lot of bananas up and down every aisle today.

 This little girl and I kept bumping into each other all over the market 

and as we were on our way out i asked her if i could take her picture. 

She nodded yes... but then looked away when i snapped the picture. 

She had the sweetest smile.

The thing she is holding is a hand broom.   These brooms have no handles

and people just bend in half to use them.  The lady in the pink skirt

is using one to clean up her shop area. 

Below are acres of dried fish.... This is the only part of the 

market i can't stand.  The smell is overwhelming!

After we left the market we headed for the hospital 

where Innocent was to have his first eye Dr. Appointment. 

I had called at 8:00am and the Dr. said-- (yes, he answered his 

own phone) come in around noon. So we did.

He was still doing surgery when we arrived so we did have to wait about 2 1/2 hours

but the time in the waiting room was so much fun.  It seems wherever we go 

everyone is trying to teach me Kinyarwanda.  So, we had lots of folks laughing 

and getting acquainted in the waiting room.  

Once in with the eye Dr. he proceeded to give Innocent 

a new look at the world.  He was a very kind and patient Dr. and made sure that Innocent 

understood everything.  I wish i would have taken a picture of his face when the Dr. got his prescription right and he could actually see.  At age 31, almost 32... this was 

his first time to see an eye doctor in his life.  Was it worth it?  He will be able to see

and the charge for the 45 min. appointment was about $8.00.

Then I started to worry.. How much will these glasses cost?  It sounded like 

he would need really special lenses..  So, once at the optical store we discovered that 

with the frames and lenses, Innocent's vision for his future, would cost $40.00 

and be ready in 3 days!   All i can say is God is good and faithful!!!

 Innocent will soon be able to read all the professor writes on the board. 

You "see" there are no text books here for the students. They must copy all the teacher writes on the board to study from, so without Innocent's glasses 

he wouldn't be able to do that.   

I wonder how many other young people and older people have bad vision and 

are in need of glasses here?

  

It was a day of senses... of touching fabrics & baskets, smelling sweet and sour odors, 

listening to people trying to communicate, tasting new fruits and veggies, and seeing 

clearly for the first time!  What a difference a day makes!