I have a
little tribal brother named Bart. He had his 4th birthday yesterday so I spent
the night at his house for the celebration. For the food for his dinner we had
two eggs that the village chicken had just laid and also some maggi noodles and
some canned pork luncheon meat which doesn't really taste that good until you fry it.
So I said we could pour some oil on the skillet and fry them but Bart kind of
bumped into his dad, Raymond, and he ended up pouring a lot of oil onto the skillet so we
ended up deep frying the luncheon meat. So, after that was done we used the
same oil which had soaked in some of the meat's flavor which was really tasty
and we used that on the greens which gave them a nice meaty taste. The greens
are called krusako which is a nice type of greens here and also their fruit
which grows with them. We also had some rice so we boiled that up and set the
pot aside and then we also had a special mixture of maggi noodles and we put
them on the pan with some water and then after they had gotten soft we cracked
an egg onto them. I hadn't tried doing that before because I hadn't really
thought of it, so it tasted really good.
Then we got
ready for Bart's birthday and we made him a little plate of food with flowers
on it and then we set it down, covered all the plates and bowls so that they
couldn't see what food we had. Then everybody started coming in and they saw
the food and they loved it! Bart came in and saw his little plate with food and
he started laughing and jumping up and down and clapping. Then we started
eating. But before that we sang the Happy Birthday song in English.
After we ate
we cleared away the dishes and brought out the two guitars. Raymond and I
jammed together for awhile and sang. Then we started on the Bible study which
was the highlight of the night. The first thing we learned about was a little
story about the parable of the vineyard owner and his servants and stuff and
how they all came in at different times but they received the same pay. It also
shows how it doesn't matter how late we come to Jesus, we still get the same
reward: being in Heaven forever. Then we shared some stuff about how we have
just a little bit of time before the tribulation and rapture so we need to
share as much as we can and work hard so we can share it with other people of
the world.
After that
we went to bed, but it was hard getting to sleep because there was this chicken
squawking all the time and Bart had eaten WAY too much so his stomach was groaning and he started wailing. Aside from that, once Bart stopped crying then another
baby in the village started crying and it was really loud. So after that all
the babies were quiet, thankfully, and the chickens were probably still
squawking in another part of the village.
After that I still couldn't get to
sleep because of Bart's older brother, Greg sleep-talking. Ok, that was really
weird because he was muttering like, "Mama, Mama! Mi laikim kaukau!"
which kind of means, "Mom, Mom, I want a sweet potato!" That was kind
of interesting. He kept doing that for awhile until I shook him awake and
shined the light in his face because it was getting annoying. He woke up and he
started talking to me, and I was like, "Greg, I need to sleep!" But
he was like, "No, I wanna talk to you!" And I was like,
"Seriously dude, you need to sleep!" He's like, "How about I go
wake up my dad?" It was 3:30 A.M. but it was still light out because of
the moonlight. So, I'm like, "No, you're not going to wake up your
dad!" Then he fell back to sleep and started snoring and I tried to get
back to sleep. Finally I fell asleep and woke up again at 7:00 and got up. I
saw Bart's family out in the round house and they're like, "Oh Jason,
you're alive now!" And I'm like, "Yes I am!" Then we ate kaukau
for breakfast and I went home. I think I will sleep a lot better in my own bed tonight!
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| Raymond helping to cook |
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| Bart's Birthday "Cake" |
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| Bart the Birthday Boy |
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| Cute baby Lottie |
