Today Justin and I moved to Sanyang village, which is about a 40min drive from where we were at the YMCA. Alpha and Demba had arranged for me to live with a family in the village there and for Justin to live with a different family nearby which was really good idea but I was so nervous about living with people I didn’t know and I didn’t know how much English they would speak and I can’t really speak much Mandinka and I feel like I don’t know enough about the culture and I’m afraid I’m going to do something which will offend them while staying here. After meeting Keba, the father of the house, he insisted that Justin and I both stay at his house which made me much more comfortable knowing that he would be there. Many of the adults and older kids can speak English fairly well so its easy to communicate with them and the younger children just want someone to play with so that’s pretty easy too. Keba gave Justin and I Gambian names, Justins is Lemin Bojang and mine is Mariaema Bojang. I’m still not completely comfortable here but I think after a few days that will change as I get to know the people here.
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