african love

when i was in Kenya several years ago, i had a little summer love fling with one of the Kenyan guys i lived with there. i didn't take it too seriously, but after i got back to the states i felt a little guilty about it. so when i went to Zambia this past summer i made a personal goal to avoid such foreign entanglements. other than the occasional hugs & kisses from my Latino roommate i managed to avoid the males in general & was pretty proud of myself. (seriously, who really wants to date someone in a city where the HIV prevalence is something like 50% anyway?)

a few weeks ago i got an email from the American missionary that was in my branch there. i was pretty good friends with the elders so i was really happy to hear from him & emailed him back. then today i got another email from him that definitely included romantic notions & talk of the future. even though i was in a class, i starting laughing. i don't think he realizes that he is the same age as my little brother.

to his credit, i'm probably the only white girl he's seen in 1.5 years me, boaz (zambian), Elder WM (texan), Elder really long ethiopian name