Lolem is a former student of PACE. I have known her since she I have been coming to Kenya. When she was on school breaks she was staying with another missionary here named Dorris. She is from the US. Dorris is currently in the US. So I am stay at the house with Lolem. So on Sunday I traveled with her to visit her Mom and family. It was an adventure. We took a matatu from town to almost are stop. Then we needed to get out and get into another matatu. Once we reached the town we took a boda (bike) to were her Mom and Aunt live. Lolem comes from a different tribe (Turkana) then the local tribe here. So it was great to be around another tribe and see more traditional living. Also to see how a lot of Kenyan's live in this country. We spent time with the Aunt and then at the Mom's home. It was wonderful. We took chai and bread. Once we were done there we traveled back to town on boda and proceed to Lolems step brothers house. Lolem comes from a father that had two wives. So there are many children. Lolems father passed about two years ago and since then the two families do not get along very well. We took a matatu to the closest town that her step brother lives. Then took another boda to her step brothers. It was far and very muddy. We had to get off the boda at one point and tried to walk around the mud. Then picked the boda again on the other side. We spent some time at the step brothers. Lolem showed me around as this was were she was born and grew up until she came to PACE.
It was a blessed day. I was tired but was a blessing to see were she came from and meet some of her family.
At Moms house wearing traditional necklace
Mom and me
Me, Lolem, sister, brother and friend
Lolem and Mom at Moms house
Me with Mom and Auntie at Aunties house
Mom's chosen pose
