Bible Study and Beans!

Tuesday we finished our study with Mimi Wilson on Hospitality 

on how the Trinity teaches us and welcomes us in this area. 

It was held at her house and since this was our last study for the year

and 3 folks are moving back home... we took the "Group Picture"!!!

As you can see this is a multi-generational group from all over the world. By comparison
though, to our aerobic class,

most of these women are from the States, but have lived in Africa many years.

This is Mimi, our leader of the last few weeks on the left
and her cohort, Kristin.  Mimi is 65 and has Parkinson's but
is a great Bible teacher.

Just shots from around the room.... although the one with the baby girl,
runs a boy's home for 36 street kids.  That little girl is never without a hug.

 These three are all here in different ministries and businesses.
It was a fun morning and after Bible study we had a brunch.
Youngkyoung, from Korean walked home with me, since Mimi's house
is close to ours and we talked for an hour or so.  She is a new believer
and an elem. teacher in Korean.  Really delightful young girl 
with 2 small children of school age.  She wants to improve her English
 so it looks like she might be added to the tutoring list, too!
I think what we need here are
ENGLISH TEACHERS!!!

ANYONE GETTING THE CALL???

FROM BIBLE STUDY TO BEANS

 Working in the yard in the afternoon I heard a funny sound...
Looking over the fence i could saw this.  So i went up to our balcony
to take this picture.
Here's the story... all the crops that have been growing on these little plots of
land are now being harvested.  First, the Beans.. the corn isn't quite ready.
So, this big pile of "brush" is all the bean plants that have been beaten
and beaten with just a big 'ole stick about 6' long.
When they are beaten the beans fall off the plants.
So, as Innocent is telling me this he said --"Do you want to go see"??

SURE.. so off we go!

Here you can see this lady throwing the beans into the air to separate them.

This is on the rooftop of the house next-door that isn't completed.

Check out how we get to the top of the unfinished house....
GREAT STAIRCASE!  Really an 'open' staircase!

 From here you can see our brick house next-door but
i don't know if you can tell we are on the 2nd floor of this house.
So here are the dead plants.... that have been beaten.

To demonstrate the process... they scraped up some left overs

on the ground and began to separate the beans from the chafe!

With this big flat tray they throw the contents 

up into the air and keep doing it and doing it until there

is nothing but the beans left. 

Still a little sifting to go... but you can see the beans..

They are the reddish ones. 

This man planted 5 kilos of beans and harvested 75 kilos.
He was very pleased.  Now he will take these to market to sell.
These are beans to eat.. similar to kidney beans but much more tasty!
So, I bought beans from him before they went to market!
The beans sell for 400 RWF for a kilo.
That is about 70 cents for 2.2 pounds 
or a LOT of work for a little amount of money.
Don't worry... I paid him more than market price!

Another "GROUP PICTURE" today!

 AND NOW TO GO DOWN THIS UNSUPPORTED STAIRCASE!

I can't imagine what is holding this up....

 but we made it back down.

Took this picture just to show you how tall the corn is.

They will have a great corn yield, too! 

Mostly to take to market after they make flour

out of it. So, that was my lesson on Farming 101 in Rwanda.

 After tutoring we went to dinner with some CMU architectural students
and their professor,
visiting here for a week and with Michel and Isabelle, too.  
We went to Heaven!
Heaven is a great little place that is open air.
Had an enjoyable evening with them....

You can see the city light off in the distance.  
Great view of the city from here. 

Then home to crash!

Even if you ARE a people person...
this was a lot of people
for one day!  HA!

love,
margie