kargi

We have been in Kargi for 4 days now. Life here is very different to what I have seen in the rest of Kenya. Kargi is inhabited by the Rendille people. They live very traditionally. The culture here is very hospitable which makes us feel very welcome. Kargi is however very hot (although I have been told that it has been cool while we have been here)

The Rendille people live in villages close to the township of Kargi. The villages are grouped by tribe of which there are 9. Each tribe has a manyatta which is a group of smaller villages. The individual villages consist of a number of small spherical huts called min surrounding a set of animal pens made of acacia branches.

During our time here we have gone and visited a different manyatta each day to tell bible stories. It has amazed me how open people have been to hearing about God. It's very cool that people here are excited to hear about God. When we arrive at a manyatta we walk around the outside of a village telling people that we.are.about to tell some stories. We then sit under an acacia tree and sing some songs, pray and tell a short story.

The children here wear little to no clothes which is a bit weird for us westerners. Another thing that we have found w little wierd is that women here will often not wear anything on the top half. We were told that the Rendille do not consider anything above the waist to be nudity.

Another thing the Rendille do is adopt newcomers into a family. When you are adopted you ate given a necklace to identify your family and a new name. I was adopted into a Christian converts family. My tribe is uruwen and my new name is Galbeitu Ogom. It's quite cool and opens doors to be accepted into the community.

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