Monthly Archives: March 2009

Food

By Erin | Published: March 17, 2009

One thing you must know about our time in Congo is we are eating like kings. Everyday, Mama Lily brings us huge containers full of food she’s made for us. We eat plates of fried plantains, potatoes and spinach, fish and chicken and beef, rice, beans, fruit–avocados, oranges, bananas. We stuff ourselves regularly, but even [...]

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Friday the 13th, Congo Style

By Erin | Published: March 15, 2009

Friday, I asked Fiston, our friend and translator, if Friday the 13th had any significance in Congo like it does in America. He said, no, it was just like any other day. Good, I told him, then we won’t have to worry about bad luck today. That morning, we had driven through the busiest part [...]

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We’re here

By Erin | Published: March 11, 2009

Just a quick note to say we’re here, we’re exhausted, we’re having a blast. Will update later.

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Here goes nothing…

By Erin | Published: March 7, 2009

My bags are packed. My iPod is almost packed. I’ve bought everything I can think to buy. I’ve copied everything I can think to copy. I leave for Raleigh tomorrow, then we fly out Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. I don’t even want to think how long the flights are (I began to total up [...]

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Four days!

By Erin | Published: March 4, 2009

I’m sick and I have leprosy on my hand. Okay, it’s not really leprosy. It’s this gross blistery red disaster on my ring finger, left hand, right where my wedding ring usually sits. Apparently it’s some allergic reaction to something that got on the ring (a fungus perhaps–um, ew, ew, and ew). I had the [...]

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