Texting - part 3 of 3

Texting – part 3 of 3

22-Feb-2011

HELLO MY B SJW H R U THEIR I THING U WELL AND WE R ALL WELL LET ME TEL ABOUT MY WIFE SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE NEED COME ON TEN F T II AND THANKS ABJA

Hello, my brother, Scott Joseph Will. How are you there? I think you are well, and we are all well here. Let me tell you this story about my wife. She told me that she would like to come….(I have no idea what TEN F T II means?)…Thank you, Alex BJA

I love getting texts from Alex B, though sometimes I do not understand them. I need your help deciphering the last part of the message. Any suggestions on what TN F II means? Alex was originally going to take a woman as his wife at the end of December (see previous posts), but due to sickness and death in the family, she was not able to come. The family told him to come on January 11. He went to ‘pick up’ his wife that day, but was told by the girl’s family that he could not take her that day and they were not sure that they agreed any more for him to take their daughter as his wife (the family had previously agreed and everything was supposedly all arranged). When I spoke with Alex on the phone a few weeks ago, he was really sad about the latest developments, but optimistic about the woman he had hoped would be his wife. So, I am not sure what the above messages means. I need to call him!

14-Feb-2011

hi LOVER Africans! Msk is ok how isBdbgyo?Grtz frm ma fmly m’bz.

Hello, Scott – lover of all Africans! Masaka is ok. How is Bundibugyo? Greetings from all of my family members (thank you to John and Loren Clark for helping me figure out what m’bz means!).

This was a text from Lamech. We have a mutual friend, Ngonzi, in Bundibugyo who loves to sing and dance. Ngonzi has his own singing group and composes his own songs. About a year ago, Ngonzi took on the stage name “Lover Games.” Lamech joked with me that I needed a new name, so since them he often refers to me as “Lover Africans”. I kind of like the name…

22-Jan-2011

Holl. My brother I may that you ok. For ours on wrong,Let God bless you.thank very much to you.SJW.ME John M.Gift

Hello! My brother, Scott, I hope that you are ok. In my family nothing is wrong. We are all ok. (I’m not sure I translated this section correctly? Any suggestions?). May God bless you. Thank you very much, Scott Joseph Will. This is J.M.Gift.

Gift is a good friend of mine in Mundri. He runs a small shop and always greets me warmly and offers me a seat and some candy when I come to visit. He was one of the first people I met in Mundri, as he tried to teach me some Moru language during our first encounter. He always smiles and seems really excited when I stop by. I look forward to seeing him again when I return to Mundri in April!

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I want to conclude this post with some of my favorite text messages from America, Uganda, and Sudan. I won’t translate them for you, but will allow you the opportunity to decipher your own meaning.

HELLO MY BRTHER SJW IAM HAPPY HEAIR U VOICE I THING YOU THERE WELL LET GOD BELESS YOU AND GIVE WISEDOM FOR U TO TEACH US TAHNKS ALEX B A J

Thank u s much my bro I am fine & happy 2 always reve sms from u thank u ma bro 4 ur endless lve 2 mi, God be with u in all ur struggle I am praying 4 u

Yogger, u r awesome! We r praying 4 u, sudan & uganda. U r an encouragement! Hugs, sunnie, weeder & ruby

Happy to here always from u scat I trust u & I believe u praying 4 me

Hello scott thank u for praying for me and for our friendship and am also for u too iam sure God ll make change in oure life.MODOYI

Nice nice…tank 4 y’r compansionat,love,empathy,kindness, gifts etc my u livelonger .mi now back inmsk.Grtz frm dad en mam

Dear my brother scott. I recived ur daily inspirational & friendship message, thanku so much I love u from the bottom of my heart, (GOD BE WITH YOU) See u nice thme.

You inspire me to give of myself more…I am lucky to know you.

Hai scat iam back to yeri for voting but sorry for missing your presence you real my best friend may God bless our friendship

HI DIGIDE DOG GOOD MORNING. WHERE RE U SABI

I want to include some texts from Anna and Heidi after a humorous, albeit strange encounter that took place in Kampala on January 4, 2010 at a Chinese food restaurant…(I will let them explain!)

Your time is up, we are coming to get you from the brothel.

Get you SOME! (Chinese food!)

Absolutely! But you get the credit! Scott will the womanizer. Wait until lova games hears about your reputation, you might find yourself a role in a the next music video! What would your stage name be?

That’s what you get for having no standards!:-) sweet, sour, bitter, or….(You have to ask Heidi or Anna to fill in the blank!).

Dear me. Will be holding a prayer vigil here in your honor. We have nothings else to do. Still working on the car, and the put up in the chairs in the middle of the lot to keep us away from the mosquitos, we look like freaks. Could be that Ssesanga knocks us off first so it was nice knowin ya!

Oh the memories! HAPPY TEXTING!