The melancholy responsibilities of Pastors have conferred a special dignity in their jobs at least as far as their calling is concerned. Once in a while, however the calling has been known to let them face things in life which are unusual and inexperienced.
In 2004 two pastors had a call to preach in village of Singida-Mbulu region in northern Tanzania called Datooga, where small pastoral remote tribe called Barbaig recides. Being Animism by religion, the Barbaig who speaks Nilotic language called Iraqw take snakes as a stew for their meals. Datooga resides in Singida-Mbulu region in Northern Tanzania. After preaching the whole day the pastors went to sleep to their host pastor, then the challenge came on how to feed them. The quick and easy meal to satisfy them was not enough and to kill a goat was more risk to a host pastor, but the solution came straight in his mind; to find a snake for his visitors. The eldest boy was sent around mid-night with a fifteen minutes time to be back with a snake, and he did within ten only. It was a rat snake the wife prepared and finally the dinner was served in a mat. Everybody was cheerful for the wonderful great tasting meal, but only one of the visiting Pastors knew what it was. To the other Pastor the secret of the “great tasting” meal unfolded the next morning. He told his fellow pastor how the meal was fantastic but “why did they give them only chicken necks , and there was no drumstick or wings at all” he asked; the answer he heard made is hair to straight in his head. “That was a snake, not chicken” the fellow pastor answered. The other pastor stood still with eyes wide opened, after he thanked the fellow pastor anyway for telling him the following day, if he said it the time of the meal or the very night “ I would end up vomiting the whole shit” replied the unaware pastor .
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