Jenga. It’s one of my favorite games. It involves removing wooden individual blocks without crashing the stacked blocks. My grandsons love to play it. Jenga comes from Swahili and means “building together.” …
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Bribed, Floored, and More
On TheJourney . . . walking the red dirt roads of East Africa updated on Sunday, 17 Feb2013 February 2013 Have you read our latest newsletter? You can also subscribe to the newsletter. As always, we love to hear from you. Email us at creekbank.stories@gmail.com Click on image for larger view Praying for us …
The African Grapevine
Today is Monday* 11Feb 2013 * “Juma Tatu” Day 3 of the week (Swahili week begins with Sunday) Juma: Week/ Tatu: 3 I Heard it through the Grapevine I was in a store last week and heard it over the stereo system. That unmistakable bass line of the beginning of “I heard it through the …
On TheJourney . . . February 2013
Today is Tuesday 4 February 2013 Hakuna Matata “No worries” from The Lion King. Swahili speakers make fun of how we Americans know this term. Another Lion King word: Jambo. “When a Mzungu (white man) says ‘Jambo’ we raise the price* on everything. It’s evident they don’t know anything.” (Correct term is “Hu Jambo?” which …
