On Saturdays, we bring the kids to this beautiful flat ground near the house where alot of the neighbor kids play soccer. A normal sight: seeing grazing cows chase the kids in the midst of the game. When we get together with friends, we find ourselves doing things that we would never think of doing... like putting yeast dough on sticks and roasting them on the fire. Awesome discovery for both the sweet and salty tastebuds! (Malaki had mud everywhere, because it had just rained, hints his hair!) I have to say, something I appreciate most about living in Burundi is the opportunity to share and grow with so many different cultures and nationalities. I love culture, differences, alikes, accents, languages and so on... but theres something special about bringing many different backrounds and people together in the Kingdom of God. It's beautiful to see how vast and uncontainable God is through His people, He created, in His image.Things we do while living in Burundi, that we would never appreciate or take time out to do while living in the US... making homemade pizza's, homemade bread, walk... (everywhere), get to know people in the road, neighbors and strangers, having to invent things (like a water faucet out of a bucket that you refill), it's like having running water... that runs out! May I mention that the above things are so much fun and worth the time! Getting back to the simplitcity of life, as it is. Just another ordinary, out of the ordinary here in Burundi! All our love...
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Burundi? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Burundi in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely