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Pamela was one of the first women to share with me here about her life. The first time we talked I asked how she was doing. (Now you have to understand that that kind of question is foreign to Africans. No one asks how are you doing here. I did not know this at the time!) After she looked at me with surprise, she answered that she was sad. I ask why are you sad, and she responded that her baby son died several months ago from diarrhea. I was stunned! I then found out that her husband died before the baby was born. I was so touched by her pain. I felt stupid for intruding into her life. From that point on she would come and just hang out with me and talk.
She took care of us while we were there. She would clean our room and wash our floors. One night I saw the BIGGEST spider in the whole world in our house. (more…)
