Like Family
BY CARLOS ESPINOSA, MESA, ARIZONA, USA - This last weekend, we met with Jabbes to give emotional support for the loss of his son. We also had the opportunity to meet some of Jabbes' friends and learn more about their culture and food. Going into this project, I had little knowledge about the people from Zambia. Based on my experience with Jabbes, the one thing I came to belief is the people from Zambia try to make the most out of a situation.
I think the group felt welcomed by the people of Zambia and they were very happy to learn all of the crew was heading back to their home, to Zambia. While going around and speaking with Jabbes’ friends, there were a few comments that stuck in my head.
Currently the World Cup is taking place in Germany and the people from Zambia love soccer; it was easy to make conversation since I enjoy soccer as well. Brazil is projected to win the world cup, Ghana played against Brazil in the best of 16. When I asked them who they thought was going to win, one of the responses that I got was: “I know Brazil is going to win since they are a superior team, but I know the team of Ghana feels privileged to play against one of the best teams in the world. I know the team of Ghana will be going back home very happy."
I was also told by one of Jabbes’ friends that they were very happy to have their country of Zambia chosen as the location to shoot the movie. I am very excited and happy to be heading to Zambia everybody told me I will like their country and from what I saw on Saturday, I think we will be treated like family once we arrive.