This week has flown by! Last Friday, we picked up Fr. Donnie’s grand-niece, Stephanie, in Mwanza. For the few of you who don’t know, she came over here with my mom, Fr. Donnie’s sister, Ruth, and another Weymouth High adjustment counselor, Kelly, a couple of years ago. As expected, Stephanie is way more popular than I am over here, and it’s only been 3 days!
It’s been pretty funny sitting back, and watching the reactions of the local people when they introduce themselves to her. “For example” (Inside Fr. Michael joke…I can’t even count how many times he uses those 2 words in a day!), this one guy whipped out his cell phone and started taking pictures of us from behind the bushes. Moreover, the kids go absolutely nuts whenever she steps out of the house (On the first day, I had to get in the back of Fr. Donnie’s truck and pry kids off because they were clinging to the moving vehicle!) However, the weirdest encounter that’s taken place so far, has been with this dude named Charles. We have had to repeatedly deny Charles’ uncomfortably high-pitched invitations to “walk down to the river with him…where we could have all the sugar cane that we’d ever want” (YOUTUBE “Charlie the Unicorn”…there are way too many correlations between the video and this experience...). Let’s just sum it up way: in a place that does not recognize “alternative lifestyles”, ect…, Charles would be much more distraught over Oprah’s final episode than Wednesday night’s Bruin’s loss!
Have a nice, looooong weekend and Go Bs!
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