Humility at its best!

You know you’re in
Africa when…

Some people
clean their dishes with muddy puddle water and consider that Clean!!??
It rains; buckets go in the yard to collect the
water.
Gas comes in pop bottles – only one pump in town!
Kids (& even Adults) put their hands on you just
to feel the “white” and then they attempt to rub your skin to see if it will
come off- oh I love being White!
Random chickens run in and out of the house to
find food, or lay eggs on your stuff.
You wear the same set of clothes for 4-5 days in a
row and neither you or your teammates question
You shower, only when you smell and then you still
have to convince yourself to have a bucket shower
You wear the same set of underwear more than once
( sometimes you actually forget the last time you changed- I know it’s bad)
Your feet are ALWAYS dirty, so you just wear socks
to bed
Your tye-dye shirt becomes one of you favourites, due to comfort
NOT style, and sometime you wear your Purple pants with the tye-dye.
You wash your hands maybe every other day (and
only sometimes with soap)
Cows and goats live in the yards and are the means
of a “mower” here- no joke
You pee on you feet aleast once a day- What can I say my aim is bad

Ok so Hygiene goes
out the window and you just live.
 It is humbling, but really this is the
reality of living in Africa. You have no mirrors, just your trusting teammates
to tell you how good you look. They just stare and
say “Well… does it really
matter?”- You are convinced and walk out of the house.
Later you see yourself in the reflection of a puddle or car door, and wonder
what has happened.

( The Tye-Dye of comfort, not style)

 (Over sized purple pants and Keens -which are covered in mud)