Guest Blogger: Kayci Hebard, JBFC Asst Director
Hebard first volunteered in Tanzania in 2008. She was so taken with the organization and the mission that she returned to JBFC in February 2011 and was soon hired on full-time to help manage the Kitongo campus.
Sundays ARE the weekend for Tanzanians. They have a six-day work week, so they take
the seventh day of rest very seriously. No work!
So
this is Sunday Funday at JBFC.
Sunday is for ... Chai “tea”
Sunday
is for... Mandazi “Donuts”
Sunday is for... Dress up
Sunday
is for... Dancing
Sunday
is for... Outings
Sunday
is for... Painting nails
Sunday is for... Laughing
Sunday
is for... Slippin’...
Sunday is for... Slippin' And...
Sunday
is for... Slidin’...
Sunday
is for... Swimming
At
JBFC, Sunday is the day the girls get to hang out with each other, bond over braiding
hair, go to Church and just chill. It is one of the few days that I can sit and just hang out with the
girls.
Living
here is working here; you are always on. I like to describe it as working
12 hours a day and then being on-call the other 12 hours. It isn’t a
conscious thing, but when Sundays roll around you start to realize how
exhausted you are. Sunday Fundays are like a big cup of coffee your week
needs to start again on Mondays.
I
just love Sunday evening prayer times. This is when the girls take time to say
what they are thankful for that week. They also give a short performance in
honor of what they are thankful for. The girls often act out short plays.
As far as I know they have made these up themselves - a lot of them are comedy,
but some are drama. They will sometimes address societal issues. And
it really shows their creativity and how they can work together as a family.
