Fettuccine Alfredo Party Number 1

Here's Djoubairou's family as well as some assorted local children who couldn't resist the chance to be in a photo. The last time I saw them the mom was pregnant and the dad couldn't leave his bed because he was so sick. It was wonderful to see him outside, even though his mobility is still really limited, and to see that the baby, Adama Bella, was nice and fat. I love fat babies.

I'm quite the organizer, huh? It's not easy making pasta for 30 using coal stoves! The party was a huge hit, we are at one of Cam's student's houses in Boke. He invited his English Club and we drank Cokes, ate pasta and as a grand finale the Club sang Akon "Don't Matter." The best part of that is that one of Cam's close friends, Thierno, cracked his voice in the worst possible way right at the beginning. After that I was trying so hard not to laugh that I couldn't really pay attention! Luckily Cam caught it all on video.

Djoubairou's family was incredibly gracious, allowing us to host that party and cooking for us. They made an amazing rice dish with chicken, it was the best Guinean meal I've eaten in Guinea...we are going to ask them to make it again when Cam's dad comes, but will bring the chicken (alive...) since we know how much of a struggle it is to make ends meet here. Oh, it was delicious! They also gave Cheryl and I fabric as a gift. It was too sweet.

Cam's mom went out to play frisbee with the kids and it was hilarious. She was the Pied Piper of Guinean children, there must have been 50 of them all surrounding her! I kid you not, they started coming from the hillsides. I thought it was the funniest thing. She doesn't speak French (neither do the kids, really) so she was trying to get them all in a circle to pass the frisbee around. At some point she started shouting, "All right, all right, all right!" like it was some kind of pep rally. The kids started doing it too and they were all clapping and kept on shouting all right...it went on for a couple minutes before they lost interest. I lost interest in it long before the kids did, they were so excited to have a white woman in town wanting to play with them!