rainy day:

today it is raining, which is apparently unheard of in the winters here. i for one am LOVING it. reminds me of my roots. i didn't think it possible, but the slow pace of life appears to get slower still when impacted by the rain. 

our 8am prayer meetings generally involve people shuffling in around 815 or so. but today, no one else showed up until 830. ha! i am such a DC-er, even though i try not to be. even when i try to be late for something, i am still the first one to arrive.

we had a going away party for freddy last weekend: this was our contribution to the party! this is my housemate Mbali. we made chicken and rice for 50 people. 

we had one of the teenage boys over for dinner last night. we made pasta, corn and salad. he was so funny. he was taking pictures of his meal with his phone. then he declared to me that someday he was going to make salads because he had been "watching me make it and it wasn't that hard." it was so funny. he then abandoned dinner early with a full plate of food just so that he could walk about the village and show everyone his plate. he was just so excited and so proud of the meal. it was very cute.