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My level of displeasure and frustration with Tanzanians pointing at, yelling to, and taunting me is directly proportional to how far and how fast I’ve run that day.*
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My name is Brett Harrison. I begin each morning with several (4-8) cups of coffee and a prayer that's scribbled in the front of every notebook I own: "Today I will seek God's face. I will seek his rule in my life as I live in his kingdom. I will strive to live into the reality of my right relationship with God." Then I pinch myself as a reminder of two other realities -- 1) that I married WAY up and 2) that my wife, Christie, and I have two beautiful daughters, Baylor Adelaide and Harper Mae. The four of us live together in Geita, Tanzania, where Christie and I are working as servants. It's not really our home, though, and we're often reminded of just that....
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I’m sorry they’re so irritating. At least you’re exercising. That’s good! Keep it up!
Like you mentioned, you are white. Maybe it’s fun for them to see a white guy.
they’re not really irritating except when i’m really tired and worn out. otherwise i can manage kind responses to everyone. and even when i’m tired, i don’t offer rude responses. rather, i think of really sarcastic things i could say, but then i just keep my mouth shut.
That takes control.
By the way, don’t let it end up like, “Don’t Shoot Me Santa”, by The Killers. If you haven’t heard it, listen to it. It’s kind of odd and funny. “The children on the block, they tease me.”
I just heard it on my iPod and thought of you.
i like the killers, holly. and i do know the song. however, i don’t think i ever noticed the line about the other kids teasing him. my favorite killers song — as old as it may be — is ‘somebody told me.’
I like that song too. I read this reply yesterday but it was kind of crazy-Steph’s birthday.
In the song, he says,”The children on the block, they tease me. I couldn’t let ‘em off that easy.”
but did they tell you that even the cows could outrun you??
no, they didn’t tell me that. i’m sorry you have to hear it. for any other readers, they should know that it’s much worse for a female who runs in tanzania.
one time, though, a guy with a donkey cart did insist that we race.
it was ok, seeing as it was a group of secondary/high schoolers and really, large groups of teenagers are prone (unfortunately) to being rude regardless of the country.
hmmm, a donkey cart race… that is a funny visual.
i won. and then i turned around and ran backwards for a bit and said, “your donkeys are a little lazy, aren’t they?”