Every good thing must come to an end

I have an amazing network of family and friends. I miss them. There are plenty of things about home that I don’t miss, though. This list includes my cell phone, my car, my hectic/full schedule, and my desk. I, surprisingly enough, don’t actually miss having a shower or normal grocery stores or ice cream, either.

But there of plenty of things I am going to miss about Africa. This list includes (but is not limited to):

• The kids
• My new friends
• Buying fritters (aka fried balls of goodness) from our neighbor for 10 cents on an almost- daily basis
• The constant sunshine
• “Do it like I do”
• The bush
• Goats running in front of cars (it’s really pretty funny)
• Chitenges
• Beating Siwale at things
• Seeing The Esther School
• Playing in the dirt
• Jumping
• Sunday night movie night
• Zambian bus rides
• The overall friendliness of people
• The pace of life
• Buying Talk Time
• The morning breeze
• Visiting clubs
• The singing
• Mango trees in the backyard
• The sunsets (and the sunrises, even though I was only up for maybe three of them)
• The purple and red flowering trees
• “No Problem”

This continent is kind of addicting. I’m sad to leave, but I am grateful for the privilege of living with the people here for a short time. I can’t wait to come back…

Alice making fritters outside her home

 

Saying goodbye to Siwale

priceless

...sigh...

After the whole jumping thing, I challenged Siwale to see who could hit a rock further with a stick

He looks like his is golfing; I totally won

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