Orphans 2

After we passed out clothes and shoes and other gifts to the orphans, we took them outside and served them a plate of food.

In Africa, most of the meals consist of very little meat. They eat what is called "sadsa."The best way I can describe sadsa to you is take cream of wheat or malt-o-meal. Mix it with very little water until it's almost a paste. Then eat it with your fingers. Sadsa has no flavor except for it tastes floury and grainy, and has no nutritional value. That's why you see so many kids dying from malnutrition. Some children only get sadsa to eat everyday. It expands in their stomachs and makes them feel full. It also costs very little to make a very large batch.

The man below in the blue shirt and pants is the man who heads up the orphans. He works with these children to show and tell them about Jesus, and he organizes for the children to come to Karanda when there is a missions group who has brought gifts for the orphans. His name is James. He is one of my favorite people I have ever met. I will never forget his love for these kids or his passion and zeal to serve the Lord. 

I got to serve the children by washing their hands
before they were served their food. They were amazingly gracious and respectful. It blew me away to realize how "respect" is something that does not have to be taught to these kids. It's engraved in them. It has to be--these children are orphans--they do not have parents who tell or show them how to show respect. But, they are fully aware of how to show it, give it, and receive it.

Some of the nurses from the hospital came out and helped serve the food to the orphans. The building behind them is where the food was cooked. It's just a brick building with a large firehole in the middle for many pots to fit on. It was very, very hot in there!

Here is inside the open brick building where they cooked the food for the orphan children.
The big pot the man is stirring is the sadsa.

The big white stuff is sadsa. They gave generous portions of that stuff!! They also served greens. And since we had the money to do so, the orphans also got meat! It was a blessing.