Village court at Interface...

Recently we had a theft at Interface... but then last week all our Bena neighbors worked together to catch the guys that did it. And one morning they all came to have a village court in our property. They forced the thieves to return everything they had so almost everything was returned. It is a very different type of "court" because there is no judge but rather some prominent village men who try to guide the proceedings. And as issues come up, everyone elects a person to deal with them yet sometimes there seems to be no one in charge. Everyone gathers around and random people say what they think. Some people listen and some people don't seem to be paying attention at all because they are just talking with each other. We aren't quite sure how they come to a decision on what needs to be done. :)

  But in the end we brought the two guys to jail and Jacob gave a speech to everyone. He let them know how thankful we were that they supported us and helped us. This was very encouraging to see our Bena friends helping us. The whole community really came together and said this behavior has to stop.  It was encouraging to see how they really worked together and supported us.