Goat Market
After an hour at school, Teste picked us up and off we went to Goat Market. Georgiann and Pat were buying one goat, Julie was buying four goats and I was buying five. Teste did the “picking out” and negotiating prices. After a brief walk around the market and being stared at a lot.......we arranged for a truck to come and transport the goats back to the school. The goats were lifted into the truck and Julie and I decided to ride in the back with them – yes I know this was very unsafe – but it just seemed like a fun thing to do at the time. We did hang on very tight and the driver promised to drive fairly slowly. It was so much fun, especially to see people laughing and laughing at us along the way. Muzunga’s riding in the back of a truck with goats – dinner-time conversation for them.
Back at the school, out came the goats and the crazy white women. This afternoon is Mama and Baby class for 1-6 month olds. Only two came today as it was the first day, but it was so special. They had great questions like Mom’s anywhere else in the world do. Why won’t my baby sleep through the night? When do I start to feed solid foods? Of course, they also wanted to know lots about me and about life in Canada. One question was, “Do people have marriage contracts” – another “do father’s pay child support after divorce?” All this with translation from Patience and Emmanuel of course.
Last night we went out for a lovely dinner – we don’t do this often as the money is better spent on more important things, but it was fun and delicious......
It has been raining a lot lately – we are in rainy season here. The electricity goes on and off occasionally as well but it is really no big deal. You just adapt to the situation you happen to be in...................
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