Top 25 Things I learned in Africa

  1. It’s okay to use the bathroom anywhere anytime
  2. Pedestrians do not have the right away anywhere
  3. It’s okay to blow your horn for no reason when you’re driving a vehicle
  4. Central heat or air is only a westernized thing
  5. Men have to pay more than 10 cows to a woman’s father in order to marry her
  6. When a Africa tells you directions and they say the place is just up the road…its really like 3 miles away
  7. Dancing is acceptable everywhere and pretty much anytime
  8. Water, electricity, and internet is gold….so don’t waste it
  9. Showering and using the bathroom in the bush is only as hard as you make it
  10. If you want clean clothes…..YOU have to hand wash them
  11. If you are hungry enough killing a chicken is fairly easy (I have a video to prove it)
  12. Everything you need in life God has already provided for you…Just look around and see everything he has created
  13. Sometimes it’s better to listen then to talk…..and everything someone says doesn’t need a response…..something’s are better left not said
  14. Africans don’t care much for pets
  15. If you want a fire to cook
  16. How to build a fire pit, and cook over it
  17. Everyone in America is going natural like the Africans but all of them are using relaxers now
  18.  Wrapping  a baby on your back with just a big cloth is normal
  19. How to cook, pill, and shred beets
  20.  What I have is more than most people in the world
  21.  I should praise God like David did all the time….Who cares what others think…if they knew what God has done for me they would do the same
  22.  If I have something heavy to carry all I need to do is put it on my head and go with it.
  23. How to speak a little Africans, Tonga, and SiSwati
  24.  Gods protection is all I need….he will always show up and show out
  25.  If you choose joy in any situation….all the other mess that use to bother you doesn’t even matter anymore