Germans and Gangstas

Well first of all, I tried to post some pictures from our Banana Island retreat on here last night and after spending 30 minutes waiting for them to upload, it didn't work. So maybe I'll try again soon. We had a great time of rest and reflection and preparation for our last two months here for our Servant Team.

Ok so I don't have any meaningful stories or deep introspective thoughts to write on here today. But I do have a funny story to tell. The past few weeks or so I have started getting two new comments from people on the street almost as much as "White Boy!" For whatever reason, I have gotten, on many occasions, "Hey German Man!" Haha not sure where that comes from but evidently I look German...or maybe it's just that whole "All you white people look the same" thing. :) Now the second one is really funny to me. At least once a day, I walk past some group of boys and there is inevitably this funny change in their demeanors. They all seem to instantly get this nonchalant, "too cool for school" air about them. Usually one of them starts doing this sort of "thug walk" toward me. Then there always seems to be this sort of gravitational pull of one of his hands to the crotch of his jeans while the other is usually thrown up in some gesture and he yells (in his best American movie inspired accent), "Yo, what up gangsta!" I still laugh every time it happens! One time I actually turned around and in Krio said, "Mi noto gangsta." A girl standing nearby then asked with a look on her face that seemed both amused and confused at the same time, "If you're not a gangsta then why do you have those things in your ears?" All I could do was laugh. I have no good answer for that one. :)

Much love to you all!
Erik (aka the German Gangsta)