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Week one in the books!!
... than back in the states. She said that in American culture we strive to have nice, clean homes but really place no great of an importance on clothing. The opposite is true here, homes can be run down and they really wouldn’t care, but everyone strives to dress very nice!
For lunch we had salami sandwiches. I got to try some new things! On the sandwich I added Pickled Mangoes (premature mangoes). This is a bitter, spicy and flavorful ...
Sabbath in Kinshasa
... of the rare days I could be with the members there.
After services, I distributed some copies of photos of members that I had taken during my last visit. It's not a common thing here to have a photo or photos of one's self, so pictures are a wonderful and memorable gift.
I then asked everyone to step outside for a new group photo. It’s a smaller group that it was last time I was here. This has been a hard past few months ...
Welcome HOME!!!
... that was one of the most difficult things I have had to do to date. But, I'm as good as new and back together with the kids, so LIFE. IS. GOOD.
The GREAT thing about me getting to go back to the USA is that I was able to collect things to bring back to the orphanage here that we volunteer in. I brought home 4 trunks!!! Some of the black baby dolls that I worked so hard to find were stolen by the ...
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... and acceptable for men to hold hands with other men. Sometimes women even hold hands with women, but it is usually the men that you see holding hands. Public displays of affection between members of the opposite sex are not commonly practiced, thus you don't see men and women holding hands with eachother.
-95% of the women here wear dresses every day. Most are loose fitting and ...
Movin' On Up!
... His wife died this past year while pregnant with their sixth child. He is a kind man. He speaks Lingala and can understand some French, but since I speak neither our communication is limited. Christine Grings wrote down some phrases for me and I do a lot of sign language and gesturing and we seem to do okay. Papa Jean (pronounced John) doesn't look directly at me in the eye. That would be a sign of disrespect so ...
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