So I have noticed a trend... I am not very good at the blogging but I will continue to do my very best to inform the world of my doings.
Things of interest... WHAT ARE YOU EATING?
Well to be honest not much lately... I have been sick but am recovering at the moment and feeling good. The main food group is CARBOHYDRATES!! I eat bread for breakfast with jam with instant coffee or tea.
Lunch and dinner consists of mostly pasta or rice with a sauce of some kind. I also try to sprinkle some fruits in there (the mangos are FABULOUS) And last night I even had pizza and it was AMAZING (we'll just say it was a little slice of heaven) :)
OKAY! DEMYST
This is when we go and visit another health volunteer. I went with my language group to a village about an hour bus ride north of the Ouaga. So we took a bus and then biked 20 km to the village... which by the way was not as easy as it sounds and involved walking through a small 'river' and many a mud puddle.
While in village we hung out and met people in PCV's village including Le Chef. This was the highlight and he gave us 29 eggs all of which we good and were hand delivered by le Chef himself!! AND THEN, he had someone drop off 8 pigeons for us to eat. SO GENEROUS!! I had an amazing demyst trip and am excited to get into a village and meet people and create relationships and friendships. :)
The ride back was another story. We took a bush taxi and it was INTERESTING. Packed... I didn't even sit on a seat it was more of a feed bag. ummm we were stopped my the police twice and broke down once. :)
On the other hand our host for Demyst offered me up as a wife to a local!! It was really cute and in the taxi he goes "this is my wife" and asks if I would like to stay and cultivate with him!! It was all in good fun and a GREAT story!
We have also been learning about local customs and how important it is to great EVERYONE.
And if someone is older and you would like to show a sign of respect it is important to grasp your elblow while shaking hands and look down (and for women to actually to lower yourself like a genuflect motion)
To NOT smell food before buying or eating.
Holding hands with the same sex is very common here and does not insinuate anything.
Well that's it for now... we are movin yet again so hopefully I will update you all sooner rather then later :)
Things of interest... WHAT ARE YOU EATING?
Well to be honest not much lately... I have been sick but am recovering at the moment and feeling good. The main food group is CARBOHYDRATES!! I eat bread for breakfast with jam with instant coffee or tea.
Lunch and dinner consists of mostly pasta or rice with a sauce of some kind. I also try to sprinkle some fruits in there (the mangos are FABULOUS) And last night I even had pizza and it was AMAZING (we'll just say it was a little slice of heaven) :)
OKAY! DEMYST
This is when we go and visit another health volunteer. I went with my language group to a village about an hour bus ride north of the Ouaga. So we took a bus and then biked 20 km to the village... which by the way was not as easy as it sounds and involved walking through a small 'river' and many a mud puddle.
While in village we hung out and met people in PCV's village including Le Chef. This was the highlight and he gave us 29 eggs all of which we good and were hand delivered by le Chef himself!! AND THEN, he had someone drop off 8 pigeons for us to eat. SO GENEROUS!! I had an amazing demyst trip and am excited to get into a village and meet people and create relationships and friendships. :)
The ride back was another story. We took a bush taxi and it was INTERESTING. Packed... I didn't even sit on a seat it was more of a feed bag. ummm we were stopped my the police twice and broke down once. :)
On the other hand our host for Demyst offered me up as a wife to a local!! It was really cute and in the taxi he goes "this is my wife" and asks if I would like to stay and cultivate with him!! It was all in good fun and a GREAT story!
We have also been learning about local customs and how important it is to great EVERYONE.
And if someone is older and you would like to show a sign of respect it is important to grasp your elblow while shaking hands and look down (and for women to actually to lower yourself like a genuflect motion)
To NOT smell food before buying or eating.
Holding hands with the same sex is very common here and does not insinuate anything.
Well that's it for now... we are movin yet again so hopefully I will update you all sooner rather then later :)
Actually, you're doing much better than myself in Ireland. I'd say you ARE on a roll - once a week is a grand plan...it keeps us wanting more!
ReplyDeleteThe adventures continue! As you recover from your parasitic invasion... keep smiling... Think of you often! Loving you always! MOM
ReplyDeleteHi Lind's. Great stories! Hope you are feeling better and you are doing well. LOO.... Rich Z
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