Tonight Maama looked over at me & said,
“Sister Jess, escort me to the road.”
So we walked in the dark down to the road & across the street to the little home-owned grocery store. My Maama told me that she had meant to go to the store earlier but she just didn’t have the time. So there we were, standing in this little candle-lit store [the power was out]. Mamma asks for two cokes & then tells me to pick out my favorite snack! I said, “What should I pick?” & she told me to get whatever I wanted. Then she bought the girls& I lollipops. It was so wonderful. It was definitely something my wonderful momma back home would do.
Over our yummy snacks Maama & I bonded a little bit more while she told me all of the horrible things that I’ll have to eat in the village this coming week.
Maama:
“They cut the heads off of their chickens & then eat the rest! They even leave the feet on! When I learned that I told them that I don’t take chicken, but you know what they did?? They punished me by making me eat a whole fish the size of your plate! The eyeball & gills & everything!”
I go into the village this FRIDAY, the 17th. Ay, ay. I heard from other people that it’s the best part of the whole experience actually. Apparently we might be in for a good deal of physical labor (PLEASE!). This girl is seriously into fitness these days, so I’m all about the labor. But really, when I come home I’m working on my 6-pack :)
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