Party Time :)

Ramadan is over!!!! Our people hear break the fast with feasts and dancing and ofcourse I have to get a greater understanding of the culture that I'm a part of so we went to a bush party on Tuesday! It was in the middle of our village and it consists of a ton of kids and 20 year olds having a good time! 3 guys play drums and the girls dance first then the guys. There aren't lights in the middle of the bush so there were a few guys with flash lights and that made the sand getting kicked up from dancing look pretty! Tuesday and Wednesday our supervisor took us out storying and it was fun to see the ladies listen so intently. Thursday we tried to go prayer walking but we got in trouble with our African mom because we were walking at sunset so we went out in the field with her and her daughter instead and picked weeds for donkey food and admired the sunset. It's different and beautiful every night!

The culture has changed quit a bit since the fasting is over. Our family has tea atleast 3 times a day. If I had a caffiene addiction before Africa it is only getting worse. We got to try fresh roasted corn that was really good! I also had some really good millet which was surprising! Millet is what we feed to birds and it's their main source of food but the sauce they put on it is really good. So Wednesday I got a little sick just because I had so much African food that my stomach wasn't used too. But it only lasted for a day. Another cultural learning experience... if a woman is pregnant and refuses to marry the father when the child is done breast feeding at about 3 she is required to give the child to the father and waive parental rights. We had to take a child to her father this week and it was one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

The family I wrote about last wee, "Linda" and her family, were pretty sweet this week. On Monday morning when we got back to our compound she RAN to the car to greet us! That's when I knew for sure I'm really going to miss these people when I leave and I'm sooo glad we have more than 2 months to be here! Last night, Friday, her 2 year old son fell asleep star gazing with me and I would't have traded that for the world!

Continue to pray for "Linda" and her family for building relationships with them, for vision and direction in prayer walking (we're going in the morning next week, not at sun set). Our supervisor is giving us an MP3 player and speakers to use to play bible stories since our language skills still aren't the best. The Lord says His Word never returns void but always accomplishes his desires and acheives the purpose for which he sent it so claim that promise for storying when we get the opportunity. Love yall so so much!