Only in Africa:
1. A woman carries 2 40lbs containers on her head, 1 in each hand, a baby on the front and a baby on her back.
2. There is ALWAYS more room in a vehicle.
3. Transportation consists of footing, biking, boda bodas, or bikes. Maximum capacity: There is none.
4. Children are often the caregivers.
5. Children are EVERYWHERE.
6. Malaria is like a cold in the US- very common.
7. Cows, chickens, and goats share the road too.
8. Barefeet are the usual footwear.
9. 13 children in one family is common
10. Roads consist of dirt and impossible potholes
11. School fees are everyone's reason for needing more money.
12. Riding on empty= full tank of gas.
13. Bride price= 5 cows to the family of the bride.
14. Shouting "Mono, Mono!" (White person!) is acceptable and not offensive.
15. Being able to dig = make a good wife.
16. Marriage proposals are almost a daily occurance with white girls.
17. Anyone can be a doctor.
18. Bushes often serve as great bathrooms
19. 14 people "easily" fit into an 8-passenger van.
20. Fingers make great forks.
21. Spiders can paralyze.
22. Pain is inevitable
23. Joy is unending!
24. You can't walk on a dirt road without stepping on a mango pit.
25. You haven't completed a journey unless the van has broken down at least 4 times, you have pushed it out of the mud, it has started smoking throughout the whole van, and you have picked up some hitchhikers.
26. You're not blessed until you get peed on by a baby.
27. Breastfeeding is a public affair.
28. I am a wretch but God is a Healer!
29. "God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good. And that is his nature, Wow!"
30. If the pastor is not yelling, it's not a real sermon.
