Meet Baby Grace...

This is baby Grace, she is about 6 months old and a little beauty... She has the biggest brown eyes, and the softest skin.
It took the whole time I was on Tanna for Grace to finally come to me.
She would look at me and immediately cry. When she finally let me hold her I had the kids take this special picture.

I mentioned in my last post that I had a chicken for Sierra to pluck. On Tanna meat is scarce, and since the people are poor a chicken is a precious commodity, so that a chicken is a very special gift.
There is nothing like a village chicken, no matter how long they have been allowed to graze and grow, they are still skinny, and I don't care how they are prepared they are still tough and chewy.

Michele is holding my "special " chicken... Mama Ellen, baby Grace's Mother gave it to me.
When baby Grace was born I sent her an outfit and some yarn. When Mama Ellen learned that I was coming she saved to buy, and then fed for weeks this guy to thank me.
I was blessed and moved by her generosity.
Mamma Ellen and Grace with her little brother.
Sierra loves to watch Grace.