Having guests is the BEST way to get the house in order. Having teenagers is the best way to fight consistency and boredom. Having friends is the best way to do the other two!
I hosted a "Surprise" party for my Kenyan sister, Rhoda, today. I had to fake a minor meltdown to get her to my house! Carol, another friend, 'happened to be' over in Rhoda's town, and they were to come here together, but Rhoda was tired, and said, "I will go tomorrow." So in the end, I had to make another call, and really moan and cry and be out of control with tears and heaves!! That did it! Rhoda told Carol to, "Sure, come here and pick me up - we NEED to go to Miss Aureol's!"
I believe that the custom in Kenya is NOT tot open gifts with others watching over you, but in the US it is done. So I asked Rhoda if she wanted to open her few gifts and we'd watch - "Oh, yes," she replied. So now I know that she is acculturated! Well done Rhoda!!
It was the biggest day of the year for her, and I am chuffed to death
to have been the initiator and host. I would do it again. It is Rhoda and her husband (who is in Louisiana for his job this month) who are leading the missions trip to Kenya in August.
3 comments:
That is completely awesome!!! I'm glad the surprise all worked out and that it was a most lovely evening!!
thanks erika. Next time you will be there.
So... having teenagers combats consistency and boredom and having friends INCREASES consistency and boredom? :)
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