Week 40

I owe the interwebs a plenty long blog entry but until then (hopefully I'll write it on Friday) I'd like to share some great things I heard this week:

I'm working with a Peace Corps Volunteer from the 1960's who lives in Dominica and served in Liberia on a project. We had lunch the other day and he began a story, "The man was absolutely objectionable- to any culture at any time." The story was about a man in Africa with 3 wives who was terrible. He was so awful that his wives would beat him up monthly. They would get tired of his ways and beat him up as the village gathered around to cheer them on. He would spend the next few weeks quietly nursing his wounds and then begin to bother everyone again. After a week of being terrible his wives would get vexed and beat him and the cycle would begin again.

I had a 3 hour bus ride home (it should take 40 minutes) due to construction on Tuesday. The woman sitting behind me was making plenty of noise. The two best lines were, "I was well far when God was sharing patience" and in response to someone telling her to plan for having children (she has one son and said she wants more), "I have it well planned. One to clean the house, one to move America and send my boxes, one to drive a bus so I don't have to wait on Sam (the bus driver who could hear all of this) to learn to drive."

I'll share more soon- when God shares some motivation to write!