Last night our guesthouse got a generator which meant that I could hook up my printer. The guesthouse manager, Jonathan, danced around me and fidgeted as I connected my computer to the printer and downloaded the software. Then I realize… two days ago I had taken pictures of Jonathan and his fiancé Michel. He was excited because I promised to print out pictures for he and Michel.
Watching Jonathan was like watching a kid in a candy store! Once everything was ready we went to the pictures and printed out two of each. Jonathan hovered by the printer grabbing each picture as it emerged and holding it carefully he examined it as if it were a priceless document or artifact. The joy and excitement that filled him was palpable!
As the first one came out Jonathan fingered it and looked especially surprised. “Thick,” he said, referring to the paper. Earlier that day he showed me a picture a friend had recently given him of himself – clearly a treasure. It was printed on regular copy paper. Jonathan seemed so surprised that my pictures were printed on “picture paper.”
As he looked at one particular close-up, he smiled and said, “This will be the picture on our wedding invitation.”
Things I take for granted are treasurers for my friends here in Nigeria…
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