I woke up yesterday feeling a bit ill. During the previous night I had jolted up multiple times with my stomach in knots and bubbling with pain. Two days ago I had some acute punches of discomfort in my lower stomach, but I didn’t think anything of it. Yesterday it was a consistent throbbing that […]

Yesterday I got to school a little before 7. The head teacher had asked me to come earlier so I could mark the exams from the prior day. When I showed up I was one of the only people at school other than some janitors and grounds keepers. I didn’t end up doing anything with

Yesterday started out like any other day. Up at 6:00 and off to school around 6:40. I had to go on the morning bus route alone for the first time. Normally I go with Abby and I just sit and hang out with the kids while she does all the arranging and what not. I

Yesterday morning I went on the bus route (or root as it’s called). I like doing so provided that I slept enough the night before. It requires getting up around 5:30 and I’m not sure I could deal with the early morning kids if I were under slept. Anyways, it’s great seeing where all of

Yesterday was a lazy day. I slept in until 8ish. I told the family to go to church without me, because I wanted some extra sleep, but they had the same idea and slept in as well. My morning was spent doing dishes and a bit of laundry. I really enjoyed this because I got

Yesterday started as a very lazy day. I woke up at 7 and puttered around for a couple hours. I was really bored with nothing to do; maybe I’ve been taking my buddy Jovin for granted. I finally got moving with some chores and tasks around 9. At noon I got picked up to go

The lack of sleep wasn’t very bad yesterday. I normally get 7 to 8 hours, so I was nervous to be running off of 5ish hours. The bus route in the morning was a good wake up. I normally have breakfast at home, but the school serves a breakfast every day as well. For the

Busy busy yesterday. We started off by missing the bus. I got into an argument with Jovin that we needed to walk to school, but he said he wasn’t allowed to walk. I thought this was him being lazy and upset, but in fact he was right and we ended up getting driven by his

Every day feels as though it is a landmark. Nearly 3 weeks in Africa and I still can’t believe it. I often find myself day dreaming about the stories I will tell 50 years from now about this experience. And then I realize how large a portion of my adventure is still ahead of me!

Ahhh. Another good day. I feel I’m finally settling in. Although I don’t have a good routine, there’s some semblance of structure to my days. Yesterday stressed me out a bit at first because we were late getting to school, but once there I had a semi-schedule. Pius wanted me to continue working on the