Life here is many things, but “dull” is not usually one of them. Sometimes I hear interesting things, which would be funny if they were coming from the lips of kids who didn’t know what they were talking about. Sadly, though, they’ve all come from adults, and show the real thoughts and fears of their hearts. (When they told me these things, they didn’t think that they were saying anything out of the ordinary and had no idea that these were shocking to me.) The fact that they honestly believe these makes them not “darndest,” but rather reminders to pray for these people living in darkness. May a great light shine!
“I’ve been feeling my heartbeat in my foot since yesterday. Is that a problem? When I first felt it I really freaked out, since I wasn’t sure what it was, and was wondering if it could be that my soul was wanting to leave my body through my foot. I’m still wondering if that’s it.”
“What day did she die on? A Monday? Oh, that’s good. ‘Cuz you know that people can be reincarnated, but if they die on Wednesday it’s the end and there is no reincarnation possible for them.”
“To make this food, you have to do the first step the evening before and then leave it out overnight. But as you leave it out, put a piece of charcoal and a whole pepper on it, since corpses really like to eat it and that will keep them away.”