Like Family

Today we were able to begin accomplishing the second most important goal of this trip - meeting some of our orchard workers. We spent five hours with this chap at his house, met his lovely wife, daughter and granddaughter, ate a splendid lunch of rice, beans and fresh vegetables prepared in his kitchen and sat on his porch to visit in the refreshing mountain breezes that wafted through. We laughed a lot. At one point, Ken told him that he and his people are like family to us. His daughter protested and said, "Not like family, we are family!"

                         (Photo credit: The Granddaughter - 6 yrs old, and with the cutest black braids galore)