This past week a couple of students who I've come to know pretty well asked if they could come visit me for lunch on Saturday. They said they missed home cooked food - I can relate - so I invited them to come over. I went to town Friday, got some veggies and other ingredients, got back Saturday and they came by.
The students were really helpful and cleaned up my courtyard and started my charcoal cooker. I made a peanut sauce dish for them that I make often and they enjoyed it. We watched the Bourne Identity together on my laptop and talked a bit. Then they took off for their other weekend activities.
As I'm writing this I'm realizing how boring this post probably will be... Maybe I haven't thought about it enough but for some reason this meal was the highlight of my weekend. Maybe because I have been so accustomed to being by myself at home when other volunteers aren't around that I forgot that there are people all around me. I can't afford to be feeding every student of course but it was good to invite those who are bold enough and comfortable enough with me to ask.
On Sunday a couple of Form I students came over. They know me from the boys conference we went to together back in May. They have been coming by the past few weeks to watch movies and play guitar. I've started thinking of it as a burden and that maybe they are just using me for my laptop (which I'm still sure they are...), but this time they played guitar for maybe half an hour and then told me they needed to clean my house a little. They started with the dishes, the drying rack, swept the floor, took out the trash, mopped the floor, tidied up the mass of junk I've acquired and even cleaned up my storage/guest room. They cleaned my entire house for about 2 hours completely voluntarily. I was impressed and extremely grateful. So I sent one of them with my bike and 200 Shillings to get some tomatoes in the village while I started up the charcoal and rice. Again, we ate together and watched Kill Bill Vol. 2 but this time they cut the movie short when they were done eating and finished up cleaning before going on.
I'm still processing all of this. I'm not sure why it's weird or why it's noteworthy, but it's something...
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