Sunday, August 17, 2008

Partying because the cow came home

A few months back, a church outside of Philadelphia raised the money to buy a cow for a single mother of two here in Kenya. The process took some time--first to build a pen for the cow, then to shop around for the cow, and then to make the actual purchase--and would certainly be considered "slow going" by our Western standards. But nevertheless, the job is now finished.

Harriet bought a pregnant cow with the money (how's that for a "buy one, get one free" deal?), and I went with her to pay the used cow dealer. The next day, her father rented a pickup truck and driver, drove to the cow mart, and brought the cow home.

This video (if it works) is of Harriet, her mother, and her son shopping. The final cow you see them posing with was the final choice.


video

2 comments:

Amrita said...

Hi Ryan & Heather got here thru mossionaryblogs.com.

Like your blog a lot.

My that moo looks good.

God bless

Ryan and Heather Murphy said...

Thanks amrita.

We've learned a little bit about Indian culture living here in Kenya. So many immigrants from India came here during the British colonization. Some of our favorite "Kenyan" foods aren't Kenyan at all--samosas, chapatis, curry. Yummy stuff.

Blessings to you and your mother!