Being here finally is kind of surreal. When James and Joan were dropping me off on last Thursday we drove past a game park and there a giraffe right by the fence! Of course we stopped at took a picture!
Driving to the farm reminded me a lot of driving to Bethany College for the first time (minus the giraffe part!). The half hour drive to a small town with a school, not knowing anyone there. Watching for signs of how much farther until we got to our destination. Having butterflies in my stomach. When we got to the farm and walked in the gate of where I was going to be staying Joan turned and said to me “Welcome to your garden of Eden” And wow! Its beautiful!
I was ushered to my new room by one of the ladies who work here, Esnath. But not before two dogs came to greet me! I am not sure why but this made it a little easier to be okay to settle in to a new place. I was quite amazed at my room when I walked in. I have a double size bed with two dressers, my own bathroom to use, a closet, a crib (not that I will need it!) and a rocking chair. Also I have a separate entrance to my room so I don’t have to talk though the whole house and disturb my new hosts, Trish and Nigel.
After putting my stuff down in my room we were ushered into the living room where Trish and Nigel met us. We had tea with them and talked for a little while. They are great people and I am looking forward to getting to know them better. When James and Joan left it was kind of hard for me because it was like Bethany again where the only people I knew were leaving me in this place I was not quite sure about.
Though quickly after I was whisked away by some of the teachers who had just come up from the school. They were heading to have lunch (at 3:30), I jumped right in because otherwise I might have lost it and went to my room and just cried. So overwhelmed by just the new surroundings I did not know what I was getting into when I walked into the ‘Common Room’! (This is where they teachers who live on the farm eat their meals together and will hangout during times when we are not working.) There were at least 15 people in this common room all talking, and loudly I might add, introducing themselves to me and asking me why I was not eating. Haha. Well I was not really given a choice because someone ended up scooping some food out for me and gave me a large portion on pap and sauce and then 3 things of meat! Oh gee! I had just eaten lunch at 1:00 I was not hungry! Needless to say I did eat some of it but then put the meat back. I was really worried about this because we were told culturally you always take what you were given and eat it all.
After a week of getting to get used to everyone I have become a lot more comfortable! There are still people I do not call by name because I either can’t pronounce them or I can’r remember it! Oops! But the people I interact with the most I have all their names down!
Until next time go and talk to someone new and get to know them, whether it be someone in your work place you have seen for years or a person at church or even a stranger on your path.
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