February 14 - A Day in my Life
I’ve been wanting to do a “day in my life” post for a while, where I record pretty much everything I do during a random day. So here’s what my February 14 was like. Perhaps a bit more busy that some days, but otherwise it’s pretty typical. Around 6:15, I was woken up by the sounds of the women in my concession sweeping the courtyard and starting their day. I slept in until around 7, and then made my morning trip to the latrine – greeting the members of my concession family that I saw along the way. “How are you this morning? How’s your body? How’s your fatigue?” Then I moved my little wooden stool into my house’s open doorway, looking out into the concession, and read my weekly Bible Lesson. Nafisa, my 10-year-old “sister,” was eating rice with sauce and offered me some. I told her I was going to go buy bouillie- millet gruel- at the market for breakfast, and she told me they’d made bouillie next door. My neigh...