It is supposed to be the end of rainy season here, but the rain hasn't let up. In the last week, about five inches of rain have fallen. So garden crops are doing well. In the picture above, our friend is picking pitpit in our garden. You'll notice that it's highlands pitpit, as opposed to lowlands pitpit. I'm not sure what the difference is, but the pleated leaves are intriguing! Pitpit is an edible grass. See what she has in her left hand. She'll throw away the leaves, peel the stalks and cook them. Of course, they're very nice with green onions and coconut cream.
Long reeds called pitpit are also dried, pounded and woven into walls for traditional houses here. I don't know if that plant is related to this kind of pitpit.
In other news, it's the fifth of eight weeks of our last Bible college term here. I'm almost back to full strength. In two weeks, the Office of Higher Education (OHE), that accredits our college, is sending a team to check on our progress in implementing suggestions that were made during the last OHE visit. Pressure time!
We are also packing up boxes of our personal books to ship back home. It will be a relief to get those on their way.
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