African Evening

Hazel got the bright idea of holding an "African evening" when she heard that there was a new Kenyan couple on the island. I phoned the 3 Zimbabwean nurses, the Kenyan couple, and saw the Zulu doctor, and invited them to an evening of visiting with fellow African born and raised people. I had collected the ingredients for our supper over a period of a few days - I tracked down some mealie meal to make "sadza", some chicken pieces, pork cubes, beetroot and brocilli. For pudding, I made a pineapple mousse and chocolate brownies.
Most of the day was spent in either cleaning the manse or preparing food for the evening. Although I was tired, I was a bit excited at the prospect of making new friends. Then Blessing phoned to say that she could not make it. Then 7 pm arrived. About 10 minutes later, John Mbungwa and his partner, Margaret arrived. John is the new English teacher at the high school. We waited, and waited, until about 8 pm. John said that Sabelo (the Zulu doctor) should be coming. I then phoned him, and was told that he had completely forgotten about the evening.
Anyway, 5 of us now had a table of food that was meant for 9 people. We had a pleasant evening, chatting about various topics - exchanging opinions and solving the world's problems.