I have a sheet that I place over my bed in the morning and only take off when I go to sleep at night. Either way you fit right in with everyone else’s smell. If you hang clothes on the line and leave them there for too long, they will either smell like dust or ash.
#Remember that you are dust windows#
Even if the windows and doors are closed you cannot escape this insidious invasion of filth. Don’t know why I bother because by afternoon the floors are just as covered with dust and soot as before. Then two buckets of water to mop my little room. The mop of the compound was so dirty that it took me 5 buckets of water just to clean the mop in the first place. I try to wet mop my room as often as possible but it is a losing battle. Solar panels have to be wet mopped at least every two weeks or the energy levels are way down because the sun is blocked. When buying items in the local stores the owner follows you and takes each item you would like to purchase and wipes it off before putting it in your bag. Every building is so caked in the stuff that it looks as if the entire town is one big brick. If you drive down the potholed roads of South Sudan, you will think that there is only one color of paint sold in the stores-dust red. People joke that they don’t wear their masks to prevent COVID-19 but rather to prevent the dust from getting into their mouths.ĭust devils are very common around South Sudan. Eyes, ears, nose and throat all suffer terribly. It blows fine particles of dust everywhere. This contamination of the air we breathe is bad enough, and then the breeze comes. This grime accumulates in the air so much that one can look at the sun when it is still some 25 degrees above the horizon. Every step explodes in a cloud of red dust. How dusty is South Sudan in the dry season? The fine red clay turns to fine red printer ink powder along pathways and roads into a substance that can seep into the tiniest of holes. No sense washing them until the end of the day because within a few minutes you can’t even tell you just washed them. During dry season, one can walk a distance of less than 100 meters, and one’s feet are caked with powder. I never really appreciated what a task this was until I lived in the dusty world of South Sudan. Last week, on Holy Thursday, the church recalled and reenacted Jesus’ washing other people’s feet (John 13: 3-5).
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