So I have been pondering if I had more culture shock
being in the US for 3 weeks or more culture shock coming back. My answer was I
had a little of both, but nothing like 2013 visiting the US and then returning
to Cameroon.
US Culture Shock:
· There
are so many white people
· There
are two full aisles of soda
· I
could feed my whole family for 4 days on what I spent for lunch out for two.
· The
roads are so smooth and you can see the road even at night.
· Warm
water feels so nice when you are at the sink
· Many
people have no idea what Cameroon is really like
· It
is soooooo cold in the US
· There
is so much trash to throw out or recycle.
· Avocados
are $3 each not $0.30
Cameroon Culture Shock:
· It
is so dark at night here
· There
are so many bugs
· There
was a man walking down the street swinging bush meat (dead large rats) and I
feared he would hit me with one.
· How
do I cook here without Trader Joes and Costco?
· People
keep saying how fat I am.
· Why
is it still light at 6pm?
· People
blowing their taxi horns at me
· POT
HOLES
· My
daughter galloping full speed on a horse around a track.
But really, both feel like home. I do feel I can now
go back and forth and be at home in both worlds. We shall see, though, as we
discern our plans for next year. I have a feeling God is going to surprise me
this coming year.
-Joy
