25 February 2009

You know you're in Guinea when (part 1)

Your dog food is made in a pot over a fire, instead of picked up from Wal Mart.
Random goats walk by your yard throughout the day that sound strangely human with their loud Maaaaaa.
You lock your door to go next door to the neighbors, whereby you need to use a key to get into their 8 foot gate.
Yogurt is made from milk powder, warmed over the chimney of a kerosene refrigerator, and tastes amazing.
The entire week before someone's birthday, ice is made in the solar freezer in order to make ice cream for the grand celebration.
Kids play outside, all the time, the dirtier the better.
On Sunday droves of people walk by your house, some having walked for up to 4 hours, to go to the market to buy and/or sell.
Many of those people are women with babies on their backs and full buckets on their heads.
The women almost all have great posture.
Many of the older women have neck and back problems.
Chicken feed is stored under beds and chickens shall we say, have very free range.
You "drink" oranges, rather than eat them.
Nothing is wasted - nothing.
Cheese is a treasured commodity.
A lady comes by almost everyday selling bananas.
Some days two ladies come and then you eat lots of bananas.
A couple times a week a lady stops by selling oranges
A lady arrives selling oranges right before the guys pull in with a huge cooler full of oranges, the gift of a village chief they just met
Laundry is washed outside on a washboard and dried by the sun.
There is nothing simple about being sick.
Your little one gets excited when he sees a cockroach on the wall (not too many, thankfully:)), just really big.

Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated, thankyou.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:36 pm

    I love hearing about your adventures:) I hope that all is well and am looking forward to hearing more. Take care everyone!

    ~Bean

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  2. Wow. This is fascinating!

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