Two weeks away from home already?!?! The shine hasn’t worn off yet. I wake up a bit confused about my environment everyday, still, but I once I realize where I am I become so happy and grateful. Yesterday was full and fun. The kids have “opening exams”, or baseline tests that serve as a yardstick […]

This morning I went on another walk with Lucas. Back home mom always wanted me to join her on her morning walk around 5:00 am and I always said there was no way I could do it. Now, I’m really enjoying starting my day off early with some fresh air and exercise. My legs are

I went walking yesterday morning with Lucas. We walked through the neighborhood where he lives—the roads are undeveloped and many of the houses are rickety shacks—up to a nearby hill where a new Tanzania Human Rights Court is being built. The views were beautiful as the sun was rising; the top overlooked many different neighborhoods

Time is beginning to fly. Yesterday at school felt like 1 hour rather than 8. I sat in on more classes, the head teacher is emphasizing I must see every class before I start teaching and what not. So by the end of this week I should be done with sitting in on each class

I thought I was going to sleep in yesterday, but I was woken up for a spontaneous trip to church around 6:30. I couldn’t understand a single word, but it was a fun experience. I don’t know if all church’s are like this, but there were two mandatory donations and near the end of service

Yesterday the whole family went to Tarangire National Park where Lucas is currently setting up a camp. It was very interesting to learn about how it works (leasing land and hosting safaris in a national park, that is). The site he is building is meant to be ready in 3 months, he already has customers

Yesterday was very calm, surprisingly. I woke up very tired. I slept well, but I think my body is wanting more sleep than I am giving it after playing soccer for two hours every day. Classes were fairly normal; I marked some papers while observing an English teacher (Lameck) give a lesson, I helped clean

Wow wow wow! It’s been a week since I’ve departed home. It doesn’t quite feel that long, but I’ve been busy keeping busy and I’m sure once I slow down I will begin to get homesick. Yesterday I did more of the same at school, just observing lessons, on course to make my way through

This picture here is one of my favorites so far. The whole school was outside on the basketball court for “parade” when I took this. The parade is a sort of assembly outside with all the students, done every other day of the week. The head teacher introduced me to all the students during it

Oh boy! Yesterday was busy busy. It was the first day of the school year and the scramble was full blown. 200+ new students with no new teachers hired, so I am hoping to relieve some of that pressure and stress these teachers are sure to be to be feeling. In the morning I “welcomed”