SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER IN AFRICA...

We were asked to drive Pres. Kogo to Kitale to check on a break-in of one of the branch buildings. He invited his wife Alice and friend Esther so it was a picnic. We stopped so they could pick up a few items for Christmas dinner—3 huge sacks of maize, sacks of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, 2 live chickens and 1 live goat! All items were put in the back of our truck. Crazy. Esther started feeding him cabbage leaves and told us be nice to the goat because his days were numbered. The sad thing was when we got home the goat was dead. He must not have been able to take the bumpy rutted roads here or he strangled between the back of the truck and the bags of maize. Poor Alice said, “Oh our Christmas is gone.” Elder Babcock and I felt so badly for them, so the next day we went goat shopping. Yep, we bought a goat and I tied a big bow around his neck (apparently billy goats are better eating in case you ever need to know!) and we took the goat to our friends, Pres. Kogo and his wife. Only in Africa!! I do want you all to know I have no plans to learn how to prepare or cook a Christmas goat!