Sunday, March 13, 2011

Widow's Meeting AGAIN

Widow’s Meeting, again
March 12
Well we had another widows meeting, and I’m just gonna say this about this last one. Even though we didn’t need to travel and I didn’t put on a skirt, I am not a fan of these widows meetings. I think they are good for the Kenyan women but for me I really don’t find them helpful to me. Mainly because of language and culture. Swahili is always spoken and my Swahili isn’t close to being good enough to understand everything, and culturally Kenyan’s don’t think that widows can be productive. Many times widows are watched closely to see if one does something that’s considered wrong. Then I think most men don’t want anything to do with a widow especially if she has kids, and many women in Kenya have more than 2 kids. If I understood more Swahili I think I would find these meetings more beneficial, but for now not so much.
Another thing about these meetings that kinda drives me nuts is the length of prayers. I swear it’s like a contest to see who can pray the longest. OH MY GOODNESS! Now Alice can pray forever, I mean that in a good way, but enough already. Then Pastor Achoki has to shout out to pray. I mean what does he think, God can’t hear him or something? It drives me a bit crazy. 

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