I'm not sure if I mentioned or not but our electrician here in Tambacounda offered to marry mother. It's a really sweet gesture really, although completely impractical. I mean outside of the whole cultural issues, they don't speak the same languages. I am used as intrepeter, which is cool but you know, not really sustainable.
He came over yesterday wanting to know the outcome of the marriage discussion was in the states over Christmas. Well obviously we really didn't talk about it since there was nothing to discuss. But I said that it was still a little too soon after father passing away and the whole language issue was not resolved. He agreed about the language and said that I can teach her Bambara. So you know, I said, Okay, we'll see.
At any rate he said he's going to have a gri-gri (magic potion) made for mom as a protection from danger and bad spirits in her home. That would be cool. We had one done + some prayers for our home here. Knock on wood, it's been 4 years and no problems here. So whatever the cause, I think it's money worth spending. You never know what could befall. Always good to have extra protection.
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