The view out of our front door!
This is the airport we landed on... it was a bit of a bumpy ride!
So I arrived safely here in Kalacha. We were served a wonderful meal and then taken to our new homes.
I share a house with Barbara (now called Gordanna), who is awesome, and we have our own cook shack (too bad neither of us can cook! -really simple recipes that can be made over a camping stove would be helpful!) as well as our own rooms, a water tank and a nice ‘cho’ (long drop outhouse!). I know she is the perfect roommate because I brought the guitar music, she brought the guitar - I brought the Pride and Prejudice DVD, she brought the book!
It is amazing here. Out our front door we can see the neighbouring huts, some nice trees, plus the dogs, goats and kids that run around… also it faces west so every night there are amazing sunsets to be seen!
I can’t even begin to describe what it is like! Hot, always windy (but the wind is our friend!), amazing… I love it!
Our “Abo (Father) Issaco”, lives next door, and he has 6 daughters, who are our new sisters! He is so friendly, protective and loves to joke around and sing with us! He knows no English, but comes to make sure we are ok, to make sure our house is locked up, prays with us at night, and likes to sing!
Last night we heard the girls singing, so we went over to join them. You just can’t describe the feeling of sitting on itty bitty stools, under the mighty expanse of stars, singing in another language with our newfound family! Awesome! (yes Uncle Pete, AWWWEEEESOME!)
So what exactly are we doing??? We are learning the language so that we can know the people! We get lots of smiles, a few crying babies (the ones who haven’t seen Mzungu –white people),very many welcoming gestures and herds of children following us!! So far all we can say is – Hello – I want to learn your language. – That is all I know! –goodbye, thank you. Yes we have a long way to go!
Sabdio (my new name, which means born on Saturday – I arrived on sat and was born into their family on sat!)
I share a house with Barbara (now called Gordanna), who is awesome, and we have our own cook shack (too bad neither of us can cook! -really simple recipes that can be made over a camping stove would be helpful!) as well as our own rooms, a water tank and a nice ‘cho’ (long drop outhouse!). I know she is the perfect roommate because I brought the guitar music, she brought the guitar - I brought the Pride and Prejudice DVD, she brought the book!
It is amazing here. Out our front door we can see the neighbouring huts, some nice trees, plus the dogs, goats and kids that run around… also it faces west so every night there are amazing sunsets to be seen!
I can’t even begin to describe what it is like! Hot, always windy (but the wind is our friend!), amazing… I love it!
Our “Abo (Father) Issaco”, lives next door, and he has 6 daughters, who are our new sisters! He is so friendly, protective and loves to joke around and sing with us! He knows no English, but comes to make sure we are ok, to make sure our house is locked up, prays with us at night, and likes to sing!
Last night we heard the girls singing, so we went over to join them. You just can’t describe the feeling of sitting on itty bitty stools, under the mighty expanse of stars, singing in another language with our newfound family! Awesome! (yes Uncle Pete, AWWWEEEESOME!)
So what exactly are we doing??? We are learning the language so that we can know the people! We get lots of smiles, a few crying babies (the ones who haven’t seen Mzungu –white people),very many welcoming gestures and herds of children following us!! So far all we can say is – Hello – I want to learn your language. – That is all I know! –goodbye, thank you. Yes we have a long way to go!
Sabdio (my new name, which means born on Saturday – I arrived on sat and was born into their family on sat!)
1 comments:
Jambo Charmyn, Habari Yako?? Nzuri sana. Welcome to becoming a muzugu of Africa!. It makes me so excited to see you put in a little kiswahili and I'm sure the language your learning is a little different than Tanzania. Your view is amazing boy I miss Africa. One day in His timing I wish to be back there. I'm still thinking of Uganda. For now I shall stick to reading your posts. Its so great to hear from you.
Kwahari rafiki
Kristy
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