Death cases

Most of my blogs have been upbeat... ok , alarmingly positive. And mostly my experience has been amazing. However, life comes with ups and downs. Last week, two different teachers here each lost their brother, and there was also another teacher who had an unveiling of a tombstone for one of her family members as well. A few of us spent several hours travelling to the family homes and visiting with the teachers for a while. Funerals are such a regular occurance here, some people I know have a funeral to go to almost every weekend. Many of you may be thinking of HIV/AIDS, but I honestly do not know -- people here rarely mention (at least to me) if someone has died of AIDS, though sometimes they will hold up 3 fingers, and this signifies that the person died of AIDS.