Coffee Fields

Feilds of coffee near our home

on Kiambu Road heading out of Nairobi

Kenya is a producer of some of the world's best quality coffee beans. This afternoon we took our CBM colleague, Grace Fong, for a short visit to a coffee estate near our home. The coffee cherries covered the trees and some were begining to ripen for harvest. The coffee beans we drink are actually the seed within the cherry.

Aaron enjoying the source of his addiction.... hmmmm coffee!

Erica and Grace at the Amani Ya Juu Refugee Ministry

Along with a stroll in coffee country, we brought Grace into Eastleigh to meet some of the ladies of Noor working on ceramic beads, and for a tour of the community centre. With the August break, the Eastleigh Community Centre was a virtual ghost town. Although the Iftin students are off , Erica will be leading three days of training with the Noor project later in the week.

Kenya is carrying out a national census, and the president has declared tomorrow a national holiday. He has ordered everything to close in Nairobi by 6 pm tonight for the census and for everyone to return to their homes inorder to be counted. Tristan and Emma are very excited to have a day off of school to play at home.