So many people have asked, do you have any friends in your village? I don't really, mostly due to the linguistic barriers that cause most of my conversations to consist mostly of"hi" "hi" "how are you?" "Good and you?" "Good" "It's hot" "Yes" "Okay, bye Sbongile" "Byebye".
Okay, I'm exaggerating, but it really takes awhile to make sincere friends. But these girls (and my baby host brother who makes a cameo in almost every picture) have the unfailing ability to make me laugh and turn any day into a good one. Most every day (except when they are over it and make up excuses which are completely transparent) they go running or walking with me, and then we will sit on some rocks that overlook the village and chill for awhile. Sometimes they sing and dance, sometimes they make me sing and dance (about as awkward as it sounds), or when we're really feeling wild I will show them yoga moves which they think is absolutely insane but will do just to appease me. Today, we climbed up this mini mountain, and some jr. high age boys (many of you know of my fear of jr. high age boys) followed us from a distance. As we were on our way down the girls were saying that they were going to beat up the boys because they were disrespecting me. I asked what they were saying, and they told me that the boys were saying I was too thin. I think I can handle that one.
Other funny quotes from the week:
Do you have KFC in America?
I'm trying to braid your hair but I can't because your hair is too tall.
I want to make myself your wife (from an old man over some carrots at the grocery store)
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