cows, plows, and corn planting

Our cows are being put to great use now that we have purchase the plow. Pictured below are Mwita and Magige on the first day of plowing. They are quite the team...Magige stays past his night shift to help in some way nearly every day, and comes back early for English class in the afternoon. I bug him often about not knowing how he has time to sleep. And our beloved Anna, up front in the second pictures, was so interested in helping plow this morning when Magige had taken our dirtbike to go pick up charcoal for the kitchen, that she got right outside, still in her pajamas, to help Mwita and our other matron, Selma, do some plowing. The heavy rainy season is almost upon us, and so these next few days are crucial to the planting process. We're grateful every day for those of you back home that make small things like cows turn into big things like a huge corn harvest.