35 things we used to take for granted that are now a huge
treat (not in any particular order):
1.
Cheese, any kind
2.
Electricity
3.
Drinking water from the tap
4.
A hot shower
5.
Water pressure
6.
Fans that work all night long
7.
Privacy
8.
Meat
9.
Getting bitten by a mosquito and not worrying if
that one is the one to give me malaria in a couple of weeks
10.
Dishwasher
11.
Washing machine
12.
Clothes dryer
13.
Wearing shorts in public
14.
Air conditioning
15.
Drug stores, the kind that sell everything, not
the ones that just sell drugs (we have those)
16.
Pandora
17.
Netflix
18.
TV
19.
Unlimited internet
20.
Restaurant choices
21.
Take out
22.
Drive throughs
23.
Ice
24.
Dessert
25.
Family gatherings
26.
A social life
27.
Dentists
28.
Clean feet
29.
A church service we fully understand
30.
Being able to go for a walk and not be the center
of attention or have “MAZUNGU, you give me money” yelled at you
31.
Grocery stores
32.
Good beer/more choices
33.
Having a full weekend off
34.
A bug/lizard free home
35.
Paved roads
What we will miss that we take for granted here when we
leave:
1.
Wilson! Our best friend, helper, and life savor
2.
Free mangos from the yard
3.
Free avocados from the yard
4.
100s of children everywhere
5.
Awesome rainstorms
6.
Going on safari every few weeks
7.
Huge white smiles from strangers
8.
Beautiful colorful fabrics
9.
Every day being an adventure
10.
Doing something so small for someone and they
react as if you gave them the moon
11.
Red dirt
12.
Summer year round
13.
Monkeys in the yard
14.
Dinner parties in Kampala where everyone around
the table is from a different country
15.
Not putting on makeup or doing my hair most days
16.
Cutting Newman’s hair for him
17.
African coffee
18.
Emily, our Peace Corps volunteer’s hilarious
sense of humor
19.
Being a part of something big and exciting
20.
Being content living without the entire previous
list of things
Trishy--you and Newman are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! Thinking of you often!
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I am from Africa and had much fun reading this! I had the opposite experience in the United States. You do not smile to strangers always, sometimes this can be a matter of concern!! I miss the social life and do not miss unpaved roads and electricity cuts. I confess I have a washing machine and a dryer! But I still don't need a dish washer!!!! I love the old fashioned way, my wife might disagree! I enjoy going to a Walgreen drive through. I miss getting an antibiotic without a Dr's prescription! The health system is a nightmare! My children would miss Burger King! Now and then they enjoy it. Worship is sometimes a super walk out and the heat all around you makes you sweat big time. Church experience here is far different. I like snow but shoveling it a few months later is no fun.
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