How old are you?

Good evening everyone,
At least for us it is almost time for Lala Salama.  Often Alexa reminds us of the time back home which is 8 hours in our past.  At that point, our minds can't adjust that is only 11:46 am at home but 7:46 pm here in Tanzania.  We went for a walk up to the soccer fields today.  This hill continues to become bigger every time I travel to Tanzania.  The view is priceless.  We also walked to a duka ( shop) today to buy kanga cloth for the PLC quilters.  I was able to find some beautiful material for our quilters to use this year.
We also traveled into town with Salome and Allen to the market.  No pictures as people do not appreciate it when tourists snap their pictures while they are doing their busy.  We visited our favorite curio shop.  It is always wonderful to see the owner of this shop.  Steph was able to find gifts for friends at home.  It was interesting to hear that since the government used up most of their money on elections, they are now taxing the tourist at the airport for their curios.  The owner made sure to give us a receipt that we must show at the airport for our goods or we will have a $200 American fine.  Tonight we have met Kennedy's older brother.  He is a special education teacher here on Ilburo Road.  His story is amazing and we have been so lucky to hear him speak about his experiences.   Now, he is Kennedy's older brother yet he has less gray hair then Kennedy.  Then he mentioned that he is 45 years old.  Wait a minute, I say.  How old is Kennedy?  For five years now, we believed  that Kennedy was born in 1963. Tonight we find out that he was born in 1968, which makes him the same age as my brother.  Since Kennedy's English is very low, we shouldn't be surprised by this mistake but I was still shocked.  His brother told him that I am his elder sister and he must show respect to me.  I'm thinking he won't be offering any cattle for me anymore now that he realizes that I'm too old for him.  I was asked today if anyone has offered cattle for Stephanie yet.  Oh my goodness, that would be interesting! Steph is quick to tell the young men at Peace House that I am her Mama so they must speak to me first before talking to her.  We did notice that as we spent more time in the computer lab in the library that more young men came to sit in the library facing the windows into the computer lab.  I'm not sure how much studying was happening. Not sure if I mentioned the mismatched socks yet.  Steph never wears the same socks on her feet.  They are always mismatched.  Now, girls at Ilburo school are exchanging socks to be like Steph.  How funny is this?  Hopefully the students don't think this is really how you wear socks in the states.  It is always amazing to us what American goods the people are wearing here.  We saw a child in a snow suit even though it was 70 degrees.  We saw a little boy wearing a boy scout shirt.  A cheesecake factory  shirt went past us today as well as an Abercrombie.  The best was a student wearing a Packers shirt at Peace House!  Kwaheri until tomorrow.