Sunday, June 14, 2015

Singing, Stumbling and Stirring


A week ago, Maddie excitely told me that Ghislain (one of the co-directors of ENVODEV) was inviting us to sing two songs in his family band- one in French (that he wrote) and a popular Laka hymn. (Laka is similar to Ngambai but from a slightly different region of the country.) So this past week we have been practicing and on Saturday we had our first recording session!


I recently stumbled upon a delicious meat place that serves beef cooked in a delicious salty sauce. So I decided that I wanted to get some. I hopped on my bike and got the meat. Afterwards, a woman greeted me, and while I headed towards here to shake her hand, I fell into the disgusting sewage water/garbage sewer that is along most roads. I was not very hurt - a scrape on my arm, a bruise on my thigh and my big toe stubbed. After climbing out of the gutter, I went home and showered, twice!


Today after our 3 hour church service (where I sang in the choir), I had the opportunity to help make boule. I sifted the flour, added water, turned it (Adeline helped some because the pot was overflowing) and then I served it into the calabashes. Often I take pictures of my family when they don’t ask, but this time, Mila asked me where my camera was- so I pulled it out and here is a picture of us (she is eating the fruit from a palm tree).


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