{"id":268,"date":"2024-06-30T08:23:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/?p=268"},"modified":"2024-06-30T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:23:26","slug":"to-market-to-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"To market, to market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Cheryl O&#8217;Shannessy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday: Today was our day off, except for Deenie, she went to Busia to meet up with Rael, Nelson and Rael&#8217;s brother Daniel for lunch and a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-1024x461.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-1536x692.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-1200x540.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43-1980x891.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/36640056-18b8-4d4a-9e00-19921ecf3e43.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Austin, our driver, and Nelson having a cappuccino and mandazi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-1024x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-1024x528.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-768x396.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-1536x792.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-1200x619.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338-1980x1021.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/db1b1b04-ffeb-42ef-9ff1-494d3d93b338.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the Sio Port women&#8217;s prayer group who meet monthly, rotating venues and helping needy people in their respective villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/549fb6be-a389-484d-b8e7-044ca37c659f.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/549fb6be-a389-484d-b8e7-044ca37c659f.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/549fb6be-a389-484d-b8e7-044ca37c659f-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Deenie was away, Annette, Glenys and I went for a walk around the market, which was around the corner from our accommodation. There were a lot of things to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0d859973-734b-4872-8b9f-6b5d4e00bb55.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But we did attract a strange man who followed us all around the market. It was a bit uncomfortable, but we kept an eye on him. We stopped at a fruit stall and the stall holder started talking to us. He told us he was a pastor. He sounded genuine, so Glenys got his contact details, as she had befriended a woman at our accommodation who had just moved to the area and was looking for a church. Glenys took her to meet him, but he wasn\u2019t there, he was filling in while the stall holder had a break. Is that a coincidence or God\u2019s timing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71a61d35-7cb0-49dc-aba9-426b7308c9c0-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, 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Austin, our driver, and Nelson having a cappuccino and mandazi. 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