So I am lovin K to da Enya! There is some terminology/foods/events that I think are fun things to know so here you go (rhyme!):
1.) “Message”: Can mean anything from a 15 minute testimony to an hour long sermon.
2.) Little Brittany and Big Brittany: Since there is another Brittany on my team (Brittany Cox) we have become known as “Big Brittany� (me) and “Brittany Small� (B. Cox) oh Africa!
3.) Soda: They give us soda EVERYWHERE we go here, schools, after church, while we are
waiting for pastor randomly. It’s nice but a LOT of soda.
4.) Mzungu: This is yelled at us by little children everywhere we go, it means “white person� or “person from the west� often times it is follow by “how are you? How are you? I am fine!!!�
5.) Braids: It was about a four and a half hour process but I got great authentic African braided weave!! It itches. I can’t wash it, but I look more like myself than ever!!
6.) “You look so smart�: When people here tell you that you look “smart� it means you look cute.
7.) Van Man: There is the nicest man who lets us pile in his van occasionally and he carts us to the far away schools, his name is Bennett.
8.) Drinking Chocolate: Woah! This stuff is gooood, it’s basically just hot chocolate but it makes me feel like it’s Christmas so I think it’s notable J
9.) Chipati: This is like the tortilla of Africa, it’s this flat fried bread, I will learn how to make it and make it for you all!
10.) Time: When and African says “church starts at 9� that could me 9:00 or 9:27 or 9:30 or 9:45 or 9:59. There is a common phrase here “Mzungus have the watch, Africans have the time.�
This is a cow that lives right next to us, it greets us everytime we come home! We have yet to name it, any ideas?!?
Also, if you would like to check out my teammates blogs they write some good ones!
www.brittanycox.theworldrace.org
www.angelamurray.theworldrace.org
www.jenniferhill.theworldrace.org
www.justinjue.theworldrace.org
www.danielmontenegro.theworldrace.org
They are fabulous!!
