Step three: Bucket showers – cold yet refreshing. Just splash a little water on yourself and you’re all clean!
Step four: The bigger you are the better…so women eat and embrace your curves! Being called fat is a compliment (plus the common diet here is carbs and cooking oil!)
Step five: Carry everything on your head: fruit, clothes, water, etc. and trust me it is NOT easy
Step six: Adjust to the sun. Sweating constantly is normal and deodorant is not easy to come by
Step seven:Relinquish all rights to personal space.
This is real community living here. (a matatu is a typical mode of
African transportation = a minivan built to accommodate 15 people often
has 20+ people crammed in and hanging out the door)
Step eight: Always be ready to bust a move – in church, in houses, in restaurants. There is always loud music everywhere you go!
Step nine: Learn to love walking (what you consider
to be close will need to change. The church is 1 ½ miles from our house
and it’s considered to be very close)
Step ten: Relax. Time is relative and no one is ever in a hurry. If you’re on time you’re early, and if you’re late you’re on time.
