my brother - Seth

This is Seth. He is 10 years old and comes from a neighboring village called Kumawu (Koo-may-woo). He comes to our house on weekends and on school holidays to improve his English. In his home, neither of his parents speak English, so they wanted him to go to a house where they do.... in our house we speak America and British English!! :):) He is getting better, by the end of the holiday vacation he should be much improved. The downside is that once he leaves the house and goes to play with the kids outside in the village.... they only speak Twi. Though they all speak English very well, they prefer speaking in Twi. So that is kind of a problem sometimes. I asked Seth the other day if he wanted to be my brother, or my child.... and he said.... "I'm your little boy." haha. He is so cute. That is what I always tell him, "Seth, my little boy, how are you..." The interesting thing is that he calls me "Maa." He doesn't call me Stephanie, or even Akosua.... just Maa. That is the culture here.... a female older than yourself, or who could even be your mother, you call Maa out of respect. So... yea... it is fun having him around. I miss him when he is gone from the house!!! I recently asked him if he knew what I meant when I said... "your so cute".... he shook his head. I then said a similiar thing in Twi... and he smiled soooo big!! I told him... wo ho afe paa (woo-hoon-augh-fay-pa). It means your beautiful in Twi, but it can be used for male or female. Now... I say he is cute and he knows the meaning. He is a very good kid, extremely helpful, and always excited to see you when you come home. p.s. This pic was taken the night of my birthday. We were getting ready to go out and go to a "drinking spot" for cokes. :)