Hello Everyone,
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| Our dog aka tick bag |
Hows it going? The generosity we experience here is awesome! Many people want to show their gratitude for what we do, so they give us treats. Like, for example, soda, crackers, pastries and sometimes full-on meals. Last Wednesday everyone was super generous, giving food left and right. By the time we arrived home we had, 3 packets of Top Ramen, 6 packets of instant oatmeal (sugar-free), half a bag of New York Yankees peanuts in the shell, a loaf of bread, a box of linguine noodles and 6 eggs. Random, right? We usually get mangoes or bananas to take home, but this time it was carbs all the way. We truly appreciate their gratitude. They give us what they can, happy that we are taking time to teach their family. How did they know Jaide never eats Top Ramen, but for some reason was craving it that very morning? Dinner that night hit the spot.
Sunday, we had 3 deaf come to meeting. Yeah! It has been a while since we have had 3 of our students come to meeting. Very encouraging. We were also happy that one local brother that is learning sign helped us interpret. It is going to be hard to leave, especially leaving Imran and Afroze. The two of them are awesome students. We just pray that they keep up their studying and go to meeting when they can.
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If you have been following our blog, you know that we get called "white guy" and "white girl" daily. My favorite thing is when Guyanese men impersonate how a white guy talks. Apparently, when we, white guys, talk we sound like a stereotypical computer nerd or Steve Urkel. And we say "Hey Guy." Every time anyone has impersonated a white person, that is what they say. It was funny when a truck full of sugar cane workers are driving by and half of them yell out in their white man voice, "Hey Guy!" One man instead of calling me, "white guy", "white boy", "white man" or "whitey", calls me Steve. One time he said it sounds like a white guy's name. So, I just go with it. Hello, my name is Steve.
Guyanese word of the day: DoughSay. (Spelled phonetically) Translation: pancakes. Go ahead and go to IHOP and place your order for some doughsay and see what they do.
Love,
G & J
