Mama Frankie

Today we did visitation in Katesh. The men went to a village to visit a man of the church who was recently saved and the girls went to go visit Mama Frankie. (Frankie is her oldest child). She is Christopher's wife, Christopher is the assistant pastor to Nate Wolf who has started a church in Bassotu.

Well, Mama Frankie is pregnant and due in July so it was a blessing for her that we came out to visit her. She told us a lot about herself... through the translation help of the missionaries, Tricia and Heather. She also kind of explained to us some the ways of the Tanzanians. like the process of marriage and divorce and things like that. Apparently here it is VERY common for a man to marry a woman get her pregnant and leave her to start another family. One woman that the missionaries know deals with this but her husband comes back every now and again just to get her pregnant and leaves again. It is sad. But it happens very often.

Mama Frankie was a very nice lady, we enjoyed talking to her and meeting her children, especially since we have been working along side her husband in Bassotu at the church. She served us sweet potatoes and chai. We had to take the whole potato and just peel back the skin and eat it whole. It was good though it did not taste at all like a normal potato.
Our experience was different from the guys though... they were served cow oil and oogali. I do not envy them at all! :)
But it was a very good day.