After breakfast we all took a walk to the market. The market sells many goods for very reasonable prices. We bought 5 delicious pineapples for 100 Kwacha =$7.50. CDN. As we browsed, we took note of all the lovely fabrics for wraps which are the main article of dress, (plus a T Shirt or blouse), for most Zambian for women. It is a length of fabric about 2 meters long and is wrapped around the waist without buttons or pins. They are very skilled at keeping them secured. The sisters also wear them over their white habits and manage to stay spotless no matter what job they are doing. Besides acting as a skirt, they have many other uses, they are used to carry a baby on your back, keep warm when the weather is chilly, to sit or kneel on, or use as a shopping bag. They come is many bright and striking patterns. Several of us bought a number of them for about $3.00 CDN a meter. Again, we were fortunate to escape the rain storm. It had rained all night and started up again after we walked back from the market. We also saw edible kaolin clay ball on sale at the market. The ladies assured us they were for eating.
We saw edible white kaolin clay balls often used for cravings (pica) and detoxification, they are marketed as natural, crunchy, snow-white clay with a creamy, earthy texture, Commonly used for edible cravings (pica), as a detoxifying agent, or for skin/hair care.
Tonight Winnie, Sister Ruth, Sister DeoData and Sister Matilda made pizza for supper. it was delicious. Maybe the sisters can open St Odilia's Pizza and be the first pizza shop in Mporokoso.😉
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Sr Deodata, Sr Matilda, Sr Ruth and Winnie
show off their yummy pizza, |
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Winnie making pizza with Sr Nathida
and Se DeoData |
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| Some of the patterns we bought |
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| Delicious pineapple |
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| Little fish in the market |
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| Koalin clay balls |
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| The fabric store was a very small tight place. |
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| John Gillies next to Sr Marjory's Uncle. |
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The tastiest avocado picked from
the tree just outside the window. |
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