My Mama Writes My Mama a Letter

About a week ago, my host mother asked me if I write home to my mama in America and I told her yes.  She asked me this out of the blue and after I said yes, she didn't say anything else on the matter.  I was wondering why she wanted to know, but I didn't ask; I just left the situation alone.  Well, a couple of days ago, I found out why she wanted to know.  She knocked on my room door one afternoon and when I opened the door she handed me a half sheet of paper with neatly written words in a letter format.  In Kinyarwanda she said, "This is to your mama in America." (She wanted me to send the letter with the next letter that I write to my mom).  I smiled when she handed it to me and unintentionally began reading it.  She slid her hands over the top when she saw me and said, "No, this isn't for you."  I cracked up at that!  I didn't mean to start reading it, but I was curious as to what she was saying.  It was a really sweet letter, but I'm not going to tell what was in it because my mom reads these blogs and I don't want to ruin the surprise.  I will say, though, that my host mother had a lot of nice things to say.  I'm sure my mom will love it!

Love and Peace Corps,

Dametreea

P.S.  I don't know who did it or when, but the letter was written in perfect English.  I think my host mother wrote it out in Kinyarwanda then had someone translate it for her.  Regardless, the fact that she went through so much trouble to write my mother a letter in a language that she cannot even speak goes to show just how thoughtful she is!