Tuesday, October 28, 2008


Our last visit was with Stuart. He was very nervous about having us come into his humble home. Humble is a kind word for a tiny room with a roof on it. There is no kitchen, no bathroom, just a room with a hammock and a mattress leaning against the wall. He warmed up about half way through the lesson. The elders were starting at the beginning because this was his first lesson. We don’t know Dutch so most of what went on, we were clueless about. Elder Riding said that they taught Stuart in a different language. It is a street language that is part Dutch, part Portuguese, a little Spanish and a lot of slang. It is even more primitive than Talky Talky which is the slang Dutch most Surinamese use.

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