...You’re sleeping under a mosquito net.
...You’re nauseous from taking malaria medication.
...Your most reliable alarm clock is a rooster.
...You have ant swarms in your kitchen.
...You call “Boda boda!” if you want a taxi, and a motorcycle comes riding up.
...You don’t have electricity or hot water.
...You’re drinking only bottled water...and a lot of it!
...You’re driving on the left side of the road.
...You take off your shoes at the door of a home when you visit.
...You smell like insect repellent all the time.
...Everyone around you is multi-lingual,
speaking English, Lugandan, Luguere, Swahili
(depending on what village you’re in).
speaking English, Lugandan, Luguere, Swahili
(depending on what village you’re in).
...Your dinner was slaughtered earlier that day!
...You have to pick out the stones from your rice before you cook it.
...You’re name is “Muzungu”(white person).
...You can buy grasshoppers on the street for a snack.
...Young people kneel down out of respect to greet you.
...You’re served hot tea with milk—African chai.
...You have to be able to dance to be in the church choir!
(We don't know how Ron made it!)
(We don't know how Ron made it!)
...You find ears of corn in the offering plate at church.
...You receive a rooster as a gift from a family when you visit them.
AND BEST OF ALL...
...You’re surrounded by warm and loving people who, even though just a moment before they were perfect strangers, welcome you with open arms!
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