Friday July 26th, 2013
I literally just walked home with a posse of singing,
yelling children all following me like I was their leader or some weird foreign
creature.
My mom seems a little overwhelmed these days with this new
business. I hope she doesn’t give up on her biscuit business because it’s her
trademark and selfishly I miss those biscuits! She was trying to explain to me
this morning in her limited English and I was trying confirm in my limited
Xitsonga how to make this type of beans. I’m making my family a traditional,
well as traditional as I can make it being in South Africa, Mexican dinner
tonight. I’m a true Southern California girl and I miss it terribly. Hellen,
our Country Associate, hooked me up and picked up some key ingredients that I
would not be able to find nearby like tortillas, cheese, bell peppers, etc.
THEY LOVED THE DINNER! So did I! It was delicious! I made
quesadillas, beans, rice, salsa, guacamole and provided other ingredients to
make burritos and for dipping and scooping the salsa and guac. They literally
devoured it. My dad barely spoke he just keep shoving his face. He also got us
a big bottle of cold drink aka Coke. It was the cherry on top of the perfect
meal. I said a prayer before we ate and they applauded afterwards – haha! I had
to explain what salsa was and explain how to assemble burritos.
Moline helped me to make the beans and rice. She started
telling me how much she was gonna miss me and I said, “Well you’ll just have to
become a famous magistrate and come visit me in California. Then she said as
she looked up to the heavens, “Oh please God let me not forget about Carly
where our paths may cross again.” It was so genuine and sweet. I see her
growing belly and know the reality of what will probably happen but I still
have hope.
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