An evening at the Brevan

Last weekend we were able to take our Kenyan friends David and Joann and their 4 kids out to dinner.  David and Joann have become good friends to us as we have spent quite a bit of time together. They used to live right near us, but recently moved to a new place about a 15 min. walk away. We were happy that they were able to upgrade to a new house with electricity, but we miss having them closer. The have been great cultural mentors for us, and their kids Kevin (13), Collins (11ish), Immanuel (5) and Precious (2) are really good kids and were nice neighbors for the boys to play with.

We occasionally go to David and Joann’s house for lunch or chai and they have been guests in our house as well. The tricky part about having them over is that they really prefer Kenyan food to American, and I am no expert in making ugali and sukuma wiki! So, we thought this would be a fun way to “have them over for dinner” and yet not have to cook. There is a new-ish hotel in Bomet (5 min drive from Tenwek) that has decent food, both Kenyan fare and some American. 

David drives a matatu as a job so he borrowed a bigger van that could fit all of us. We told him to come pick us up at 5:00 p.m., and if you know ANYTHING about Kenyan culture, you should have assumed they would be here around 6:00 to pick us up. However at 4:15 when we were running up the hill for a quick errand, they were pulling up to get us. Unheard of! They were so excited! Their boys had on 3 piece suits and Precious had on her frilly Sunday dress!! We told them that we would be back by 5 from our errand and decided as we walked we better change our boys out of their mud-stained shorts and tee shirts! We don’t have any 3-piece suits, but we figured they could wear their Sunday clothes ;)

Alex, Kevin and Collins playing with a bottle cap while waiting for the food.

David and Eric

Precious and her "chips"

Sweet Immanuel

We traveled to the Brevan and we all ordered. My kids like the fish and chips (fries) there, or the breakfast platter, but I was curious as to what David and his family would order. My favorite part of the whole evening was that Joann ordered Uglali and Sakuma wiki, what she eats for every.single.meal. Bless her heart.

Joann and her ugali! (with a little chicken!)

We had a nice meal with only one major spill, good food and nice conversation. On the way home we drove through Bomet, got gas, and randomly met David’s sister who happened to be out in Bomet that night. :)

We are blessed to be able to develop relationships with some sweet Kenyans!