Okay so last Saturday I was a bridesmaid in the renewal of my Babe na Make’s wedding vows. They’ve been together thirty one years, have ten children (counting me), and nine grandchildren. I am so happy I was placed with this family. They’re hard working, God fearing type people, if you know what I mean. Especially Make. I’m learning so much from them and I feel really safe and welcome in their home. Over four hundred people attended the event, including five of my friends. As we walked down the aisle we did a grand march which is sort of like a dance, not sure how to explain it. I can’t even imagine how much my family spent to feed everybody. The next day we ate the head of the cow which is kind of a ceremonial thing. Normally certain parts of the cow are restricted to men such as the tongue and most of the head. I think because I am an ‘auntie’ (an adult unmarried/childless woman) on the homestead, I was entitled to eat with my bobhuti (brothers.) We cooked and ate in the roundavall which is a round hut with a thatch roof. The women sit on one side and the men on the other, but once again since I am an auntie, I sat with my bobhuti. I ate cow lung, tongue, nose, and God knows what else.
I’m beginning to get a groove going here. Pretty soon I’ll have a weekly schedule going. I taught my first high school class today and it went awesome. I asked them all to write down questions on pieces of paper and then I collected them. Some of them were easy to answer. Do you have children? Where are you from? How much does it cost to fly to America? Some were harder. Why doesn’t America have AIDS? Is there a cure for AIDS that Magic Johnson used? Why does Swaziland have so much AIDS? What happens if a girl has sex while menstruating? How does AIDS kill? When are you ready to have a child?
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