BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!

 

View of Lake Victoria

 

 

I should begin by introducing Krystina. She was the Shaloom preschool teacher for the past two years. If you view the May 10th posting, she is pictured in the class photo between Rehema and me. Before Krystina left Mwanza to return to the U.S. she took me up the mountain behind our house to show me the spectacular view. We hiked up the rocky, narrow paths, passing a number of small homes along the way. When we reached the summit, the view was spectacular! It seems that most of Mwanza is rock. Everywhere you look throughout the area, you see rocks of all sizes. But this place was the most amazing! It's been named "Jiwe Kuu", which translates "Great Stone". It's such an understatement! I actually got lost walking around on the rock. It's actually a large number of huge rocks forming a multi-dimensional rock. A different view of Lake Victoria, and the surrounding villages, could be seen from each vantage point. A couple of the families who have homes along the path, who are friends of Krystina's, traveled along with us up to Jiwe Kuu. They are pictured here.

 

Mama Christina & her twins, Mama Dyness with her

daughter & another unknown local woman (I'm in the middle)



Mama Dyness with her three children

standing in front of their home

Another home along the mountain path

View from Jiwe Kuu standing near the edge

View of Lake Victoria & surrounding villages

Another village from a different vantage point