My host father got in a major car accident when his bus blew out a wheel and ran into a smaller bus, killing about 20 people and injuring almost 100. He sustained signifcant leg injuries himself, we he initiallly didn’t realized while trying to help pull people out of the wreck, and is still suffering from some health issues post-accident.
Now that he is on his feet, albeit with a significant limp, we headed to Moshi to go to the families Church and give thanks that he survived. While the service was entirely in Swahili, it was a very interesting ceremony in a beautiful building with beautiful music. While I don’t know much about Church practices in general, there were several rounds of monetary and food donations during the mass, followed by an auction of the donated food outside following church services. Overall it was a little too much to explain, but all eyes in the community were certainly on me….this made trying to take cues from my host-mom even more stressful, but I think I performed decently, concidering.
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