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Sunday, October 30, 2011

First Sunday in Sapone

This was my first Sunday with my family.  Thank goodness my family is Muslim and does not attend too many church or mosque services.  Apparently, Catholic mass took about 2 hours and the Protestant church lasted over 5 hours.  At first I thought it would be a neat experience to attend a church service in a foreign country but I am perfectly content to forego the 5 hour Pentecostal rant in Moore.  I think that my family prays in the morning before I wake up.  I slept in pretty late today… My sister was worried and came to wake me because it was 7 am.  When I finally emerged, bathed, lathered on the sunscreen, I sat under one of the trees with my mother, sisters, and a bunch of children.  There was a long line of people waiting on my father outside of the courtyard.  I think the reason they don’t attend the mosque is because Sunday is a busy work day for him.  Sunday is also laundry day for the women.  They always laugh at me when I attempt to do my laundry.  Thankfully one of my brothers started to help me because apparently I didn’t have enough suds in the bucket.  While I was studying French, I notice one of the goats freaking out next to the courtyard wall.  Within a few seconds of study, I noticed the placenta hanging out of her ass.  Yes, today I watched a goat give birth.  I feel like crazy things happen here every day but they are completely normal occurrences for my family.   My sister gave me a “yeah, duh,” laugh when I pointed and said, “nouveau chevre!”   

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