| Jun. 26th, 2007 @ 04:29 pm Egg season has begun! |
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So appaprently in Africa there is an egg season that starts at about the same time as the rainy season. Who knew? So I am happ to report that the last few days straight I have enjoyed a delicious egg sandwich for breakfast and I hope my family keeps it coming. I believe that I ended last time saying that I was taking a trip to the village where some of the girls empowerment volunteers live. I went to a village not to far away called Komsilga. Not to brag, but I was able to convey the message that I was spending the night somewhere else and ask my sister if she could teach me how to do my laundry the next day, and they actually understood me. I believe that that is my first real conversation that I have had with them except for the daily "it is hot", "I am going to take a bath", "i am going to bed". Anyways back to the village. Komsilga is a very tiny vilage with about 250 people living in it. These people dont speak a whole lot of french. They speak a local language Fulfuldey, or something like that. That night there was an awesome electric storm that we all watched for hours. A lot more stuff happened, but it really wasnt all that interesting. The take home message is that I feel ripped off that I have to stay in the "big city" of Ouahgouya while the girls empowerment volunteers get to stay in sweet villages. That is what I signed up for. I guess I will get my chance though once training is over.
The next day I went home and learned how to do laundry, but really I learned how to watch my sister and mother do my laundry for me. I had every intention of doing it with them, but apparently I wasnt doing it correctly so my mother stepped in and did it for me. I tried to tell them that in America there was a machine that did all of that for you, but I being a novice low couldnt convey such a message. I am going to attempt to use the rest of my hour 40 minutes to post 2 pictures, so that is all I will write for now.
Ok so I tried to send only one picture and it timed out on me. I guess I will never be able to upload pictures. Mom/Dad to answer your questions, all I have is a light bulb in my room, and a TV in the courtyard that I watch every night in my family. Aparently the Mayonase just has to be stored in a cool place so that it doesnt spoil and it tastes good to me, so I eat it. Micheal and Jennifer, the greeting here are in Mooré, and the are so easy. You say hello to them, you ask them how work is, then you ask them how their family is. They do the same to you, and the response to everything is Lafi Bala, and the whole process takes about a minute or so.
Yesterday I made the little girl who chants nasara at me cry. Every day she sits across from me and makes faces at me and giggles, so I thought we had a pretty good relationship. Man was I in for a shock. Yesterday she came running across the courtyard and I kind of chased her and she freaked out. She fell to the ground and started kicking and screaming. I guess I am quite the scary nasara. I am pretty sure she is afraid of me now and wont chant nasara at me anymore. Ooops. |
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Unscrew the light bulb
Jealous because the village of Komsilga doesn't have electricity? Unscrew the light bulb in your room and you won't have electricity either!! We are amazed that you sound so happy with so little. How many people live in Ouahigouya?
Your clothes last three weeks before you have to do laundry (or should I say before you have someone else do your laundry)? Do you have to do your laundry in the river and keep an eye out for crocodiles? Perhaps you should introduce the concept of garage sales and Goodwill stores....didn't that keep you from doing a lot of laundry while you were in Columbia?
What do the people of Ouahigouya do for fun besides watch soap operas? Do they have a radio? If so, what type of music do they listen to? Have you shared your ipod tunes with them? Do they play any music? What type of instruments?
I spent 4 hours weeding a flower bed today. Yes, I had let it go too long. The Japanese beetles are beginning to appear. I caught 8 of them while weeding today.
Have you received any packages yet?
Love you,
Mom & Dad
cat
We have been visiting churches trying to find one we will fit in. The other Sunday we went to a church up the street and when we got home we drove in the garage and shut the door. The next morning Jack said did you hear a cat crying during the night? He went in the garage and looked around but didn't find anything. The next night it was the same thing. When he turned the light on everything got quiet. Then it started again. We left the garage door up so it could get out. It started again. We thought it surely was hungry so we took some food and water out there. Jack opened the hood the next and he could see it but not reach it. The kitten was really scared. He drove both vehicles out and left the door up thinking it would surely leave. it didn't. He was finally able to catch it and put it outside. We haven't seen it since. I hope it went home. We don't lead a very exciting life.
Love GP
~Ashli
end the confidence