quotes from imme

boda driver to kyle: hello mzungu! why are you so large?!
apparently there are not many tall africans because people are frequently shocked at kyle's height...hes like 6'4"

Kyle: why are you whispering
Becca: because this is a normal tone of voice for everyone else!
becca is loud and shes pretty aware of this so one day when erin told her to quiet down she resorted to whispering

Todd: ive seen my fill of boob on this trip
todd and kyle live in a home with a lot of women...who walk around topless. modesty is gauged by different standards here...a girl can walk around the house with no shirt on and its not a problem but if you show any leg above the knee it's considered obscene.


Becca: what part of loose stool don't you understand?
becca took a laxative and then went to town with some of the other girls later that day...they got lost on the way back and there is no such thing as public restrooms here

Brooke: it sucks...there's no pizza...everyone has AID's...
brooke is our imme corrordinator. she was giving us an example of how you should NOT write a support letter...by making it sound like everything in your host country is terrible so people should send you lots of money

Erin: rafting canceled on account of circumcision
we had planned to go rafting this weekend but then found out we had to go see a circumcision (which i just found out was canceled as well actually).

Kyle: do ugandans have night vision?
the electricity goes out all the time...but our ugandan families have no trouble walking around in complete darkness...us mzungu's have to use flash lights.

Mama Ida: Kyle do you have a girlfriend?
Kyle: no.
Mama Ida: kyle are you born again?
how are those two connected? ...i have no idea

Caroline to Kyle: can my monkey sleep with you during the night?
both of them were looking on line trying to figure out how they could get a monkey to bring home with them

Todd: im not going to kill anyone...but people may die
todd conspiring to take over the world

Ugandan: where are you from?
Todd: pensylvania
Ugandan: is that in Israel?
Todd: no, america
Ugandan: o...because you look isralie
uganda used to be a britsh colony so people have only seen pictures of a white jesus...they dont know that jesus wasnt actually white. todd has blue eyes, curly blond hair and a beard so people think he looks like Jesus