As we stayed in the community, we stayed with one of caregivers, Joanna. In their home, she lives with her 2 sisters, her own daughter, her sisters daughter, and she also took in one of her friends and her two kids. She is an amazing young women in how she takes care of her family as she is the eldest. She runs a tight ship also.

They live in a mud house with a little wood stove in the corner for cooking. How do you make a mud house? Great question. Well, you go out to the fields and find fresh cow dung. Put it in your bucket go back to the house and mix it with soil and water. Put it on the wall or the floor (picture left). It then hardens like concrete. It is amazing how this rural family lives. They have really lived off the land and can almost live on nothing as this family of 8 lives on $60 a month. This family taught me so much about how to live. You can see how they love and support each other. They work together to survive.

It was fun fixing food for everyone as it took 3 hours to prepare one meal as the wood was a little bit wet from the rain. Luckily Pontso, and my boss Busie are village girls so they wanted to show off their skills.

Joanna and her family left a huge fingerprint on my life and also on Liina's. I will treasure these young women and all that they do for God, for their community, and for their family.