There are many things I love and others I dislike about Africa. I figured I would list them to help organize my thoughts.
Love: not needing heat or AC in your house.
Hate: being drenched in sweat as soon as you walk outside.
Love: all of the wildlife
Hate: sharing my shower or bed with the wildlife
Love: the pace of life
Hate: when the pace of life interferes with the best laid plans
Love: how people wave and children smile to see you
Hate: how many of the children have bloated bellies indicating malnutrition and put there hands out asking for money (which they do need)
Love: the scenery
Hate: how long it takes to make it from point a to point b, but at least the scenery is nice.
Love: that everyone walks as their primary mode of transportation
Hate: that you cannot walk at night because a few wayward bandits ruin it for everyone else
Love: that people are trying hard to offer good healthcare to the people of Malawi
Hate: that it so often falls short
Love: The Samosa lady who comes to sell her yummy food around 11 every day in the Main Theatre staff lounge
Hate: being indoors 7:30a-4pm while in Africa.
Love: the deep rich accents
Hate: having to ask 2-4 times what a person said even tho it's in English, I feel dumb
Love: riding the minibus to work
Hate: riding the minibus to work
Love: living in Africa
Hate: being away from Carl and home for this long
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We are two people, one dog and three legs...well technically ten. But this is our story about going through life with some obstacles we have to maneuver and how we go about doing just that! And by the way, our life is fewer obstacles and more awesomeness. Stay tuned for more awesomeness...
We love the experience you are gaining.
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Dave/Dad
Getting caught up on your posts - sounds like an amazing experience -thanks for taking the time to share it!!
ReplyDeletePrayers for you - daily. Thank you for sharing your experiences with your land-locked friends. Kids @ church are working on the SPLASH water wells project ($635 toward $2 G), but if you know of other needs, please let us know. Middle school youth were amazed that our church family Peace Corps member, Alyssa in Mali has a sustainable project we could give $220 to provide a literacy project for 200 adults. We guessed that the yearly educational expenses represented in our room that day were $40,000 or more (not including my son's senior year at Adrian - graduation in April). Love to you and energy for your important work. Daphne
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