Tuesday 15 January 2019

Br. Brian


I will tell you about Br Brian but first I will tell you about two types of people, then you put him where you wish. People come up with various analyses of people and number these personalities. I also want to put down mine. Research can be done later by scientists about these two types.  First is what I will call the face value speakers and second are the authentic speakers. Face value speakers will tell you everything they deem right for that moment even if they do not mean it. They will make the listener feel good. They make the listener feel like a hero, while they mean none of their words. On the other hand, authentic speaker are usually scrooge with words. They don't see the need to talk if it is not true and if they don't mean it. They can be quite boring and that is why we don’t want them much around us. Who want to get bored anyway? As a matter of fact, it is not easy to make a quiet man laugh or be made laugh by one. Brian is different because his laughter flows like a river which makes those around him helpless. Do you know the type of people who make you laugh not by the story they tell but by their hilarious laughters that carry you along even before they tell the story? Br Brian!
Today being a Friday, we hit the road to Laini, a small village in our parish. On our way back Brian is engrossed in a very rib cracking conversation with an elderly sister in our company. It is her first experience in the village. Brian keeps teasing her about her powerful teaching. Unlike Brian who had only met two Christians that afternoon, sister had met an approximate number of not less than fifteen. So Brian tells sister that his was very boring. Sister on the other hand says hers was exciting because it had many people. So he says,"sister ukiongea na watu wengi, eti unaskia vizuri sana?" The way he made it sound is like the Sister had felt a good tide around her body like one who is seated on a merry go round swing! Even before he could finish the sentence, the sister had already admitted with a big YES, sending us all into hysterical laughter and Brian keeps fueling it with his laughter.