African life

We have been in our city for a little over a week now and I must apologize for not getting to this sooner. We have had a little difficulty getting internet in our house and have been busy with orientation and getting acquainted with the city. But I am determined to not let another week go by without updating my blog so keep checking!!

It’s kinda surreal being here and I’m not sure I am fully grasping the extent of how long we will be here. B described it yesterday as still being in the honeymoon phase. Everything is hunky dory for now, but I’m sure the day will come when we are frustrated at our town.

So now for the good stuff….People in Africa have never seen a dog on a leash let alone a small dog on a leash! The first couple of days when we’d take our dog out to the bathroom (our yard is concrete for the moment!) they’d swarm her and watch her do her business. It’s hilarious!! Then they’d stare at her business after she left!! So we left her with a teammate and their children while we went to a nearby town (well 3 hours away) to get some things we can’t get here. The kids took her for two walks on her leash and then later that night they noticed that the neighborhood kids had caught a stray dog, tied a rope around it’s neck and then another rope to that one and were walking it down the street! For everything we are trying to do to be more like them, they are doing the same to be more like us!

Lesson learned: Be very careful at all times to imitate the One who created and loves us because that is whom we represent. The people here are always watching us and if they will imitate us walking a dog on a leash, then they might also imitate a hateful, disrespectful, or bad attitude. So we must try to walk in Him every day, every moment so that if they see and imitate anything it’s nothing but Him.