Oh the barnyard is busy, in a regular tizzy...

Here in Nairobi, Kenya, we are staying at Mazzoldi House in Karen.

The House is actually a sprawling compound with offices, where the Apostles of Jesus coordinate their mission work, a guesthouse, a dining room, a chapel, and a fully functioning farm.

I had no idea before arriving, but it turns out that Mazzoldi House is almost 100% self-sustaining! The only things that they don't grow here on the property are corn (which is used to make Ugali, a stiff cornmeal porridge that is the staple of East African cuisine) and rice (which it seems is the staple of every kind of cuisine, not just East African). They have cows, chickens, ducks, geese, at least one turkey, rabbits, and more pigs than I've ever seen before in my life. Plus, to make things more exciting (for me, anyway), almost all of the animals have recently had babies! Yay for small cute farm animals! Anyway, they very efficiently use the manure from the livestock to fertilize acres of vegetable gardens and fruit trees. Fr. John, one of the AJs who is visiting from Uganda, took us on a tour of the whole complex, from the barnyard to the banana grove.

This place has not stopped astonishing me!