I fit in just fine.
After the first three weeks, I found in extremely awkward. I wanted to do everything on my own, I was so used to doing things on my own that I wasn't used to having help. I loved the help though. I didn't have to worry about water au my hygienic needs. We had soap, even though it burned like hell, it was still considered soap. My inayopendelewa job was working in the jikoni and in the garden.
The men there, they are all like my brothers. I've never really had any real upendo interest, I grew up with three brothers. That was the only way I was able to survive, to think like the...
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