Happy birthday preacher11/7/2023 The one thing that DID go according to plan was that the English test actually happened. That about wrapped up the birthday ceremony, but SURPRISE! Half day of school to celebrate! Of course. I need to do some asking around about this because I really don’t get if there’s some method to the whole thing or what, and with my luck, I’ll end up doing a cake-cutting at some point and will offend everyone with my lack of cake-feeding knowledge. Today, Pastor Daniel cut the cake and then fed pieces to like 5 random people who were standing close-by. It’s like what people do at weddings except it’s not a wedding. Anytime there’s a cake cutting here (which, in the two weeks I’ve been here, there have been more cake cutting ceremonies than the rest of my life combined), there are like 10 people with their hands on the knife, and after the cut is made, everyone feeds each other cake. Speaking of the cake thing, that’s something else that I don’t understand. The gifts were presented, a “thank you” speech was given by Pastor Daniel, and that was that. The cake was cut and some pieces were stuffed into the mouths of random, nearby kids. Paper letters were pinned to the backs of some kids’ shirts to read “WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY”. We tried to refuse, got forced onto the stage to perform some songs that I didn’t know, and quickly returned to our hiding spots in the back. All of the teachers were called to the stage for something that we were apparently supposed to be aware of, and I was happy to see that the couple of teachers I was standing with also got the panicked “ummm whattt?” eyes. A prayer was said, a Bible verse read, and then he was serenaded by a happy birthday remix (including a rap), courtesy of the class 9 and 10 boys. Here’s the 20-second summary: Pastor Daniel showed up, and everyone clapped. Everyone was getting ready for a small birthday ceremony for Pastor Daniel. So, what did I do? I asked once if there was something I could do to help, got a half-answer that I decided to take as a no, and stayed as far out of the way as possible. Kids were getting sent over here and over there, teachers were running left and right, and it looked like there had been a balloon explosion. ![]() ![]() I got to school around the usual time, and it was chaos. More likely, that number is 0%, but 10% of the time, I just don’t find out that whatever I thought I knew was actually wrong. Finally! Test day! And it’s also Pastor Daniel’s birthday! Today was another one of those days that just reaffirmed the fact that I know what’s going on approximately 10% of the time.
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