I am enjoying time with my son Michael as he experiences the different aspects of the ministry at Children's Cup. It is great having him around this month. This picture is from his arrival. As you can tell he is keeping me laughing!
A week ago, Friday, we got to help with a chicken day at Mangwaneni. They had won an award in a contest and chose to use the winnings to bless the children with a chicken day.
The staff decided to have 25 live chickens instead of frozen pieces because then they could use ALL the parts. The only thing that was not cooked was the gallbladder and stomach! We call it walkie talkie soup because if you look at the picture below closely, you can see the heads and feet. Michael and I (okay I only did one) helped kill the chickens and I helped the cooks and one of our new teachers, Lungelo (the young gentleman) and Zanele with the plucking. It is a little yucky to slaughter chickens, but will do it any day so that these kids can have meat in their diet. This is the only opportunity for meat for most of them and it only comes along a few times a year! All the hard work was worth the joy in the faces of the children and staff that day!!
(Be warned that some of the pictures below are not suitable for squeamish persons . . . just look at the last 2 if that is you!)
1 comment:
you're amazing, plucking chickens I have not been called to do (yet).
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