Bishop Stams, the catholic center where I am staying has been busy. Weddings, holidays and more outreach guests. I helped Winnie and Janet ( the two cooks, also my claimed african mothers ) prepare Sunday dinner. Ugali, potatoes, beef and spinach. It was interesting. Ugali is flour mixed, baked and then cooked. And when I say mixed- it is like stirring cement.
The beef was easy. It is incredible cooking for 100 plus people all by fire. The staff knows hard work. And it's smiles the whole way through, laughing and pausing for occasional tea time.
It's funny how a meal can taste so much better when you help prepare it.
Emily took me to her friend Castro. He works for an NGO but by trade is a potter. Incredible work, he starts showing me some previous work and he pulls out these high end home magazines. He has no idea how good he is. He was very humble and kind. 
He then escorted us to Crying Rock. Which was a good thing because had he not been there we would have been charged. There are many stories regarding the rock but most believe it is Lot from the bible. He was told not look back or he would be turned to stone- hence the large rock. 
I started teasing Castro and his brother Benjamin. " Lot was one BIG guy " They laughed and laughed even harder when I started climbing it. Next year I am bringing my harness and rope. I'll show them.
This goes to show how if there is a will there is a way. The rock the kid is standing on is very narrow. Rises to a point. His balance was incredible.
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