Greetings
Today we spent the morning at the orchard site with some of the widow’s continuing with the pruning and replanting of the seedlings. After a few hours everything was done. The orchard site had been weeded again, completely pruned, and the new seedlings planted. It was good to see the care that was taken to make sure that the razor was cleaned and sanitized between each seedling to help prevent disease. The seedlings are being tied to the sticks as they continue to reach for the wire 8 feet up. Some of the widow’s broke up the soil around the plants and removed all the weeds and debris. I can see that they have attention to detail and the will to make this work.
After the orchard site Hezron, John Imala, and I headed over to the Kakamega Sports Club to meet up with Councilor Bianna and her husband for lunch. We sat next to the ninth green and the way to the first tee of the local golf course. I am happy to say that we were not hit with any overshot golf balls today. From what I saw of the course it was pretty nice and I understand that a lifetime membership fee is about $300. This also allows the member to attend all of the other sports clubs here in Kenya
We had a very good discussion with the Councilor about the widow’s program and she has promised to continue to encourage and monitor their progress through this project. She has expressed her desire to plant the other third of an acre and if this can grow she will be willing to add more acreage later.
I got a message about an hour ago that the control keys for the bank account will not be available until Saturday morning in Mumias. Tomorrow I will stay here in Kakamega for another day passing time until my departure. I will need to find a way to Nairobi Nairobi
Take care and God bless
Dave
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