The Huge Buibui

7/11/10

This Sunday, we decided to go to the early service at the Lutheran Church to especially to see the choir. Little did we know that the dancing choir switchs services every Sunday. However, they had a small choir that was lovely! After the service, everyone gathers outside in front of the church. For those who can’t give monetary offerings can bring produce that is auctioned off after service. The money then goes to the church. This Sunday, another church has asked to sell a sack full of cucumbers to raise money to build another church. Joel, our translator from last week, surprised us and bought us a bag of cucumbers! How nice of him and his family!

As we walked back to the bungalow, we run into Mama Lucy. I decided to give some of the cucumbers to Mama Lucy as well. She was headed to the big market in Mwanza. I wanted to go, but I realized that we were all going to go to the airport to send off Daniel, Brittany and Sylvia. So sadly, I wasn’t able to experience the market.

We ate lunch at the airport and sent off Daniel, Brittany and Sylvia. We ran a few errands in town and returned back to the bungalow for a restful afternoon and usual dinner at Mama Lucy’s.

We went to a local outdoor makeshift pub that was a 5 minute walk from the bungalow. The walk was through a dark field with large potholes and two ditches. We went there a few nights before to watch some matches. I’m not sure if it was a school, but people had set up a projector and screen to broadcast the World Cup games. There were waiters walking around for drink orders. All of this was outside. I was cheering for Holland, but unfortunately they lost. 

During the game, we get a text from Priyanka about a huge spider in one of our bathrooms. She had shut the door and warned us. We girls, of course, volunteered the boys to come get the spider out of the bathroom after the game. I mean, how big could this spider be? So after the game, we trekked over to the bungalow.

Pete goes in first to find the spider. We all have a look at the spider. The spider was the largest spider I’ve ever seen in my entire life, and I’ve had my share of spiders in the Amazon rainforest. It was midway up a wall and in a corner behind the bathroom door. It was ENORMOUS with long hairy brown legs! Eek!

So here we are crowded in the kitchen, trying to figure out how to capture this huge spider. Neil, who is afraid of spiders, was freaking out and wanted to go back to their place. The spider was so big that when Courtney suggested using bug spray, Neil makes a comment, “That spray isn’t for small mammals” in his British accent. Hilarious! Michael didn’t care and just wanted to look at it. Pete actively wanted to capture it and Chris kept his distance. Priyanka woke up and stood on a side table in the living room. Eventually, Michael and Pete saves the day and gets the spider down on the ground and into a container! Victory!!!

Later I find out that spider in Swahili is buibui. Buibui kubwa! Eek!