Tag: New Tribes Mission

You watch your child as they try to play a game with everyone else.  They are the only one that doesn’t know how to play, and it’s easy to see they are frustrated. They’re annoyed that everyone else understands the rules and no matter how hard they try to mimic what they see, they keep […]

His smile lit up his face when he realized what I was asking. He hadn’t seen me approaching since his bad eye was turned to me. “How much?” I asked again, when I couldn’t understand what he said. “Cent franc,” he responded, his thin hand pulling out the newspaper that had caught my eye. I […]

“How is my friend who likes red pommes?” He asks, every time we go to buy fruit from him. He’s talking about Riley, and if she is with us, he will always try to get a smile out of her. We rarely buy our fruit from the supermarket, preferring to visit our favorite fruit vendor. […]

There is a lady, I’ve seen her twice recently, sitting in front of her apartment building – the one right across from us. I’ve seen her when I’ve been on my way to class. She sits with a dress in her lap, using brightly colored thread to embroider a beautiful design on it. The other […]

She comes to our house during the week to cook and clean. At least that’s how it started. Now, she comes the other two days to help watch the kids while I am at my session in the afternoons. It gives Michael some extra time to study. She comes to our house during the week […]

On the corner, not too far from our house, is a little room that is opened on both sides, set into the building. There are bars from floor to ceiling, and behind the bars, goods are also packed from floor to ceiling. Oil, flour, sugar, soap, laundry detergent, and other necessities are easy to get […]

He offered his first price. My expression must have said it all. “It’s not good?” he asked. “It’s not far from here at all,” I responded, trying not to show my amusement. I found his first offer funny… 1. Because he had looked like such a sweet, little, old man, that I wouldn’t have imagined […]

“You’re becoming a Senegalese woman,” he told me, when he saw me carrying my big basin full of damp clothes up to the lines on the roof. “That’s good,” I responded with a smile, even though I knew that he was probably just flattering me. I know I haven’t yet got close to earning that […]

“There are two reservoirs, one on the bottom and one on top,” he said. We were happy, thankful that we wouldn’t have too much of a problem with water in our new apartment. The area that we were moving to was a bit notorious for water issues. … “There’s a problem with the reservoir, but […]