God Bless Kenya!

From Germany, we travelled to Africa, spending two weeks in the beautiful Kenya, culminating in, what else but a feast. I did not have high hopes for African food, but it was, to my surprise, delicious, Butterfly's favorite so far.

We decorated the table with country cards from a geography card game;the flag of Kenya; a book; a photo of one of our adored Compassion kids, Roy, who is Kenyan; and a couple of African animal figurines.

As God blessed us with each of our children, we "adopted" a Compassion child. With Historian, we adopted Roy from Kenya; Lizard's counterpart is Elyssa from India; and Butterfly's partner is Shirley from Ecuador. We are blessed to have them in our lives.

New to our feasts were my mother-in-law and nephew. They were in town (along with my nephew's parents who were on a date) to celebrate an early Christmas with us. In meal planning for their visit, it occurred to me that this would be a perfect time for Historian to cook one his feasts. Even my nephew enjoyed most of his food, but he went simply crazy for the tapioca with pineapple.

Ethiopian curry chicken had just the right amount of spice. Historian accompanied it with other African-inspired dishes: mashed potatoes, tapioca with pineapple and cornbread.

By mixing peas and corn into mashed potatoes, you create irio, a dish originating with the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Irio has many variations, but this is a popular one.

North America, South America, Europe and Africa: we've visited four of the seven continents in our first semester geography study. The itinerary for our next continent will allow us to spend the most time there, perhaps because of the vastness in size as well as the diversity and beauty of the peoples who live there: here we come Asia!