To Market, To Market . . .

I believe the rest of that nursery rhyme goes . . . 

                           

                                    "to buy a fat pig; home again, home again, jiggety jig!"

Personally, I wonder if the writer of that rhyme ever bought a fat pig, because he would never have gone "jiggety jig" on the way home . . . unless maybe he lived in Galmi!  They do carry some amazing loads on their heads --- even the littlest children!

Carrying Flour?  Sugar? .....  Sand?!

Guy Carrying Food

It is rare to see a guy carrying items on his head.   Usually it is the women who do the carrying!

Carrying "Meals to Go!"

                                                  
Young girls make deliveries like this every Saturday night to people on the Compound.  It is chicken, sauce, and fritter-like "pancakes."

NOT Carrying Pizza!

 

This beautiful young womanin the photo above, did not pose for this! I just happened to "catch her" walking through the market!  She did not even know I took a photo of her!
  

Carrying While Socializing!

This young girl was perhaps twelve?                                                                                 

Just "hanging out???"

Girls and women carrying things on their heads is so common, it really is like part of the clothing they wear.

                                                                              

Tiny Girl Carrying Fodder for the Animals

The girl carrying the fodder could not have been more than 6 - 8 years old.  She moved so fastI could hardly get a photo!

Who Needs a Backpack?!

I know I have shared the photo above before, but the resourcefulness of these people continues to AMAZE me!

And finally, one last "carrier" I saw on the path . . . 

Carrying His WHOLE HOUSE!!!

Life here is continually AMAZING!!!  Phil and I watched a movie on our computer last night and the contrast between the culture we saw on the screen and what we see here, is so stark, that it is almost as though they could not both exist on the same planet!  We are just living each day with "eyes wide open" to all the new sights and experiences, and realizing that circumstances may vary widely around the world, but people have the same need everywhere - to love and be loved by a Savior who doesn't require them to work their way into his favor, because he has already bought them with his sacrifice on the cross!