Special Edition – Inside Jokes and such.
Every trip has those inside jokes and sayings that are often
repeated. Here are a few (please forgive
misspellings since some of these words are not from my native tongue and some
are).
“I LOVE Chucky Cheese”.
On our first flight from Dulles to Ethiopia Jesse encountered a little
girl about 3 during the flight. She
randomly stuck her face between the seats into Jesse’s row and declared
exuberantly “I LOVE Chucky Cheese!”
“Oh, Tatwaba!” One of the songs we have learned from the
kids here starts with the words “Tatwaba”.
(Takwaba uwaba nga Yesu (There's no one like Jesus in Bemba)) Jackie, at random times with sing out very
loudly “Oh, Tatwaba” and everyone will join in on singing the first line of the
song.
“I have a verse for you!” Bible verses vaguely or directly
naming a person on the team have been shared with that person. But the verse might be slightly altered to
fit a conversation or situation that that person might be involved in. Joel has had many verses shared with him due
to the volume of verses available. But others might be something from 1 Samuel
for Sam.
“Jackie loves Shima”.
Shima (pronounced Sheema) is a corn meal based staple in Zambia. It looks like and is the consistency of
really really thick mashed potatoes.
It’s eaten with your fingers and is kind of mixed with other food. By itself it doesn’t have a lot of
flavor. Jackie made the mistake of
saying she didn’t like it so that obviously evolved into saying she loves it.
“Endesheni”! Basically,
hurry up. Used ad infinitum. And often when not even needed.
Jackie has learned quite a few words in Bemba. More than the rest of us for sure. Even to the point of telling Jay to shut up
in Bemba. She has developed the habit of
interpreting what Zambian’s are saying with no real clue to what they are
really saying, but she makes it sound so real.
“He said his mother called and told him to pick up some milk on the way
home.”
We have played endless rounds of Phase 10, Uno, Kingdom, and many
others.
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| Another round of Phase 10 in the garden |
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