And to dust you shall return

Yesterday , we were honored to attend the funeral of the aunt of our dear friend Mama Chico.Rites and rituals are different all ove the world. Leah was a woman of God. In Kenya, when you die, you are taken to the  mortuary where you are frozen until someone comes and identifies and retrieves the body. On the day of the service, we all went to the mortuary.  A coffin was purchased and brought strapped to a Matatu to the mortuary. The family went in, identified the body, clothed her and put her in a very small coffin. There was a small window open on the casket . They placed the coffin on a concrete slab and we all walked around it for the viewing. Then we went to the burial place where the service was held. Many pictures were taken - different groups of family members. After the service, the ladies of the church carried the coffin to the burial spot and the coffin was lowered. Everyone put a small handful of dirt into the plot and then the hole was filled. Greenery was then placed by friends and family and a huge feast was held for everyone. We were honored to be there. Much of the service we did not understand... but we knew enough to know that she was sleeping with Jesus.