I, unfortunately, haven’t been able to update as much as I would like, so the entries keep getting longer and longer…bear with me! Tuesday was quite the adventure. I got my hair done again. This hairstyle is called Kilimanjaro. Any ideas what it looks like? Well, it’s braids with a mass of hair on the top of my head! Hehe. I’ll get a picture ( Read more... )

Okay, I just have a question for everyone from Faith Baptist Church. Does anyone know Aaron Counterman's email address? I need to ask him something. Just post it on here, or email it to me at lilems54@hotmail.com. Thanks! Oh, and for those of you who are expecting me back soon, we've had a misunderstanding! I won't be back in Sarasota until ( Read more... )

Okay, so it’s been a little while, so I’ll make it as brief as I can. I do need prayer about some things. My English class is going well; however, my perfectionism is starting to kick in. I have a tendency to want everything to go just right. I simply need to remember that they aren’t going to be fluent in English when I get done and that they ( Read more... )

Thanks to those of you who posted yesterday! I appreciate it. Today brought lots of flexibility with it. We usually drive to Neema House on Wednesday. It’s one of two times a week that I have air-conditioning. Well, we decided to take the dala-dala instead. Okay, no big deal. The only problem was that I had my new skirt and shirt on that I ( Read more... )

Okay, so what’s happened since Saturday? Sunday we had another good church service, and then had dinner at Mama Mendela’s house. I got to try another traditional Tanzanian dish! - wali na ndizi (rice and plantains). Oh so good! They cooked the rice with coconut and the plantains with tomatoes and onion. It was unbelievable. The plantains ( Read more... )

Okay, Thursday was a good day, as all of them have been good days. I had to finish up the lesson for English class, but that's about it, so I spent the rest of the day with the ladies talking and serving food. On Thursdays we have ugali and beans. The beans were exceptionally good b/c they had extra coconut milk in them. Amada, one of the ( Read more... )

Okay, so don't everyone flock to the webpage at the same time... j/k The last few pictures have been added. You can see my favorite Bagamoyo pictre and me with cornrows. Are you ready to see me with cornrows??? Let me know what you think of my new look. It's not as hot when you don't have all that hair blocking air from your head! I just ( Read more... )

Okay, so here are the long awaited Easter party pictures and Bagamoyo pictures. I am still working on getting my favorite picture from Bagamoyo to download, and I'm waiting for the pictures of my hair. I'll let you know when I add them, but I thought some were better than nothing. Let me know what you think! Here's the link: Leave a comment  2 

Okay, so Sunday was a great day! Well, it started out a little rough...we had a mini-flood inside Neema House. It took us about an hour to get all the water out. It's not as big of a deal here as it would be in the States b/c here the floor is concrete, not carpet. So, we just used several long squeegees (sp?). Hey, I bet no one else can say ( Read more... )

Okay, the last few days have really been great. I’ve had some more new experiences. Are you ready to hear about them? Okay, Wednesday Beth, Caity, Stephi, and I went shopping to buy clothes fabric. You can buy material cheap and then get a fundi to sew it for cheap. On our way there, I saw the funniest truck ever. I think the guy driving it ( Read more... )