So to make my last night in Africa more authentic the lights have gone off! Packing by candlelight? Hmmm…could be a challenge!
My last real day in Moshi. Class was short mainly because I only had three pupils – all the others were preparing for my party! So at one o’clock I went to my party and it was so lovely: really good food. I bought a cake and we did the whole cakey song and feeding it business which was fun if slightly…well just hysterical. I think I previously would have been mortified but I’ve discovered half the battle is just “going for it”. I got a lovely present of a top and a skirt in a material that I’ve been admiring for weeks and never said anything – they knew me better than I thought! I hope they liked the presents which were my things – a sort of mish mash but I hope they like them because I meant to give them with love but ranged from a pillowcase (random) to hand cream. I even gave away my sunglasses (which are the envy of most of the children in Njoro) to Junior. I also brought a present for Mama Mmassy’s eldest daughter who just had her baby and they asked if I would like to go and see her so I got to see a very tiny and cute baby.
All was well until they started singing for me. They had made up or adapted a couple of songs and it was just so lovely. I managed to video most of it except that I couldn’t video the song that ended up with most of us in tears. It was a wonderful time, it was all for me which was slightly strange and I still think about all the things I could have, should have done…but I realise what I’ve done is enough for these ladies and it was a wonderful end to a wonderful time.
