Gourmet caterpillars

Last night we were invited to our neighbour's house for dinner. She went to SO much effort to cook a beautiful meal for us. We had rice and sadza and soup and beef stew and fried chicken and potato salad and pumpkin, and green vegetables mixed with peanut butter (it was good!), and cake with custard. And they also served a gourmet item - madora (roasted caterpillars). Not bad - very crunchy, and full of protein! There were so many dishes of delicious food, and someone even commented that it was like a Christmas meal. This meal must have literally cost this family millions of dollars, and I was truly blessed by the effort and sacrificial love that went into it. Generosity is a beautiful thing - true communion, right? At the end of the meal, they asked me to sing a song, and so (of course) I sang the Sparrow song. It made me miss my Jamaican mother - Joy, who sang this song for us on our last Sunday in Canada (and who also celebrates her birthday tomorrow - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!)

In other news, I think we're going away for a few days, so don't fret if you don't see any posts for a bit. Also, John has managed to set up a system whereby comments posted to our blog will be e-mailed to us, so we can read them. Oh, and Zimbabwe introduced a new $100,000 bill (actually, bearer's cheque) yesterday. So, you can buy a loaf of bread (this week, at least) with a single piece of currency.