Party
Mycket har hant under Kerstis och Börjes resa, men eftersom jag inte varit hemma och vid en dator skriver jag nu liten uppdatering av resan. Mer intryck och historier kommer sakert senare nar de har kommit hem igen
Födelsedagsfest
I söndags var det fest for Kersti och förberedelserna började flera dagar i förvag – det ar klart nar man har 120 (!) gaster... Hela familjen och slakt och vanner kom till festen!
En ko slaktades for festen, vilket skedde under polis overvakning. Om jag forstod ratt sa var polisen dar for att sakerstalla att kon inte var stulen. Det bjöds ocksa pa ris, och sallader, och hembakade tartor. Pa mitt kalas nasta helg blir det ocksa hembakade tartor och god mat, men dock ingen ko slaktad till min ara.... men sa fyller jag ju bara halften sa mycket...:)
Som jag skrev i förra blogposten, sa har de varit nagra dagar i Gwanda, men sen blev de transporterade pa ett flak med diverse varor och andra familjemedlemmar till Bulawayo dar Jackson’s familj bor och dar festen skulle vara.
Böcker, stickning och uppsatser
Innan festligheterna sa hann Kersti jobba lite ocksa, böckerna som hon köpt i Sydafrika blev val uppskattade. Alla som köpt nagot stickat kan kanna sig delaktiga i den gladjen. Vi far hora mer senare om stickprojektets bokinköp... Vi ser ocksa fram emot att hora mer om uppsatserna som de svenska barnen skickat med och om det finns nagra uppsatser med tillbaka fran Zimbabwiska barn och ungdommar??
Lite andra perspektiv
Man far lite andra perspektiv nar man resan. Kersti skrev i sitt sms „först en kort gudstjanst pa 2 timmar”. Det var val bra att den belv kort for annars hade den varat hela festen. Jag minns hur gudstjansterna och kyrkliga aktiviteter i Zimbabwe tar hela söndagen. „Onkolokulo” som betyder Gud var ett av de fa orden som jag kommer ihag fran min resa... Alla i byn gar dit, och man bar med sig sin egna stol, barnen leker och det ar en glad stamning
and here comes the English version,,,
Much has happen during their trip, but as I have not been home, I try to summaries here what I know from sms.. More impressions and stories will surely come once they are back home.
Birthday party
Last Sunday there was a party for Kersti and the preparations started several days ahead – but of course if there are 120 guests... All friends, family and relatives came to the party!
A cow was slaughtered for the party, and the police was there to check that everything went right and that the cow was not stolen. There were also rice, salads and home baked cakes. For my party next weekend, there will also be home baked cakes and good food but no cow ... but the age to celebrate is only half so....:)
As I wrote in the last blog post, they have spent some time in Gwanda, and then they went on the back of the car open air to Bulawayo in company of food and other family members.
Books, knitting and papers
Kersti was also doing some work last week, and the books that she had bought in South Africa were distributed. Everybody who has bought something knitted from her can take part in the happiness. I think we will hear more about this once they are home...We will also probably hear more about the papers that the Swedish kids had sent, and if the Zimbabwean children sent some back...
Other perspectives
When traveling, you get some other perspectives. Kersti wrote in her sms, „first a short prayer of 2 hours” How good it was short, if not there wouldn’t have been any party... I remember how the whole Sunday was spent in the church. Also, one of the few words that I remember is Onkolokulo which means God. Everybody goes to church, and you bring your own chair, kids are playing and it’s a very happy atmosphere
