No problem, right? But here are just a few things that happened in 20 minutes time:
- over fifty children running and chanting "Pumwee, Pumwee!" (white man, white man) at the top of their lungs
- every third person looks at you strange, laughs, and then asks, "are you taking exercise?" (I mean their whole lifestyle is an exercise- of course it looks funny!)
- one woman walked ten feet in front of me, mimicking how I was walking, causing all the onlookers to die laughing. At least I brought some entertainment for them!
- one man was in the middle of his shower (outside showers behind a palm leaf structure) and came sprinting out with excitement (and sopping wet) to talk to the white woman
- two people gave me a thumbs up
- and my personal favorite... I was met head on with a motorcycle going close to 50 mph with a crazy looking man on the back holding a chicken. As they approached, and as I was frantically trying to get out of their way, the man in back leans out towards me holding out the chicken and yelling something in Kissi, all the while the chicken JUST barely missed my head.
Although I love Foya, I am looking forward to some more "boring" walks around ELWA in Monrovia!
4 comments:
Loved this post and I'm a big fan of the drawing...I've done that a couple of times on my blog only mine are just stick figures. Yours was definitely much more sophisticated.
Hilarious! I feel you - I love the question - why can't you run in the village? Well, let's see...
Hope all is well over there. Keep up the great work!
Blessings,
mel
What a week! It looks like you live a very adventurous and challenging life! Oh how funny to see you walking with the chance of getting hit!! Have a safe trip back, and look forward to reading about your exercise routine! :)
Praying you new employees will bless all the lives!!
Stay healthy and know your in our prayers daily!
Oh, Joni... I love your funny stories. Sounds like an adventure!! I read this and pictured your reaction and sweet little laugh in each of these instances. :) Miss you-
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