Life In A Nutshell
It’s strange the things that you never thought you would hear yourself say in your lifetime… such as
“Shoo donkey, move along now, that’s right, there’s the front gate, good donkey, run along home now…” OR
So you want that now, nownow, or nownownow???? OR
“Pap, mmm, delicious… More? Sure, load that pap on my plate.” OR
“I would love to spend 4 hours at church every Sunday morning praising the baby Jesus.”
There are some things that are certainties in this new life of mine.
- There will always be pap (pronounced pop). It is the center of life. It is inescapable. It has the nutritional value of a paper bag but it fills the stomach. Fortunately pap is typically not a dish all its own and is usually accompanied with a side of soup and meat (for the carnivorous Namibians).
- Patience is a valued and highly utilized virtue. Minutes stretch into hours, hours stretch into days, and days stretch into weeks here… and I am left to wonder whether the work I am doing today, tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year is possibly making an impact.
I am positive I will have more to add to this list by the end of these two years. I came into this experience knowing that I would push my limitations and experience new situations, new foods, and new cultures. After a month at my permanent site I am experiencing the expected frustrations, unexpected joys, and the growing pains of any job.
