At the Black Panther's House

We slept in yesterday! I think we woke up at 7:30, which was really nice. Today we had dancers come in, who taught us an African dance. Believe it or not, it was actually kind of provocative. There’s a part where the girls are in front of the boys, shaking their behinds when the guys are bent over, waving their hand back and forth. Awkward.
After they taught us a dance, we taught the dancers the Cupid Shuffle, which they found to be super easy.

At three, we performed our new dance to the entire community center! Everyone loved it. And then we performed the Cupid Shuffle.

Later that night, Pete showed us a documentary on himself. He’s a Black Panther (he calls himself an old black panther) who has been exiled from the United States.

We had a discussion later, which wasn’t awkward for me until Pete mentioned that he was a Marxist socialist. I was his guest, so even though I disagreed immensely with his views, I kept my mouth shut.

So, I woke up earlier this morning than anyone else. I woke up at 8:15! That’s sleeping in! And Erin just went around waking the other kids up, and it’s now 8:30. Wow!

Anyway, I decided to finish yesterday’s blog this morning, so hopefully there will be another post later today.

I was thinking, and I don’t know how I feel about leaving Africa! To be honest, the day I arrived here, I hated it. My bag was missing, I was encased in a mosquito net, and I couldn’t sleep because I was jet lagged. I just wanted to go home.

But now that all those problem are gone (except for the mosquito net, which I really don’t mind anymore. It’s like a white canopy for a princess!) I don’t know how I feel. On one hand, I want to stay because I love the kids here--especially Hagape--and it’s so beautiful and the food is great and I love Peter and Erin. But on the other hand, I miss my family, friends, my fantastic bed, my own bathroom, and clean clothes. Ahh!

The good thing is that I can’t really control my situation. I’m leaving tomorrow, and that’s going to happen regardless of how I feel. Happy or sad I am about that, it’s going to happen. And I’m excited to see all of y’all again!