Mbuyuni Farm Retreat Morogoro

... in the middle of the tyre. I had a great time laughing with this one guy he tried helping but we were to busy taking the **** out of each other. All good. <br> This guy was so ****** he was dribbling, about as ****** as i would be after drinking a bottle of whiskey my self. He decided he would help fixing my second flat tyre. We were outside a bank in the main street of this town. What a circus.<br>This ...

... our last week of programming!!! HOLY COW! This past week was by far the busiest week I have had since I arrive almost 2 months ago! Most days consisted of leaving the house around 7:30am and not getting back until dark. Between getting all our projects rapped up and working on reporting our time was completely booked up! The one good thing is that even though I had to eat out for lunch (aka spending money) I got go to Ricky ...

... and engaged the youth in an upbeat and informative workshop which I'm very glad they had the opportunity to be involved in. After class the rest of the day was spent planning for our final weeks of programming (it feels so strange to say that!) Wednesday we met with a local lawyer who concentrates on health rights. We are asking him to come in as a guest speaker to talk to our Literacy for Business class next week and he was very enthusiastic about the ...

... to bed. The next morning Katie and I had to work at the Faraja Head Office for 8am so we grabbed breakfast at the little restaurant in town and then headed in. Shortly after arriving I noticed I didn't really feel all that well but shook it off as I was adament I WOULD NOT get sick on this trip, I refused to. In the next four hours I had to run to the bathroom four times, two of which I was reminded exactly what I had eaten for breakfast...not pleasant! I tried to shrug it off ...

... ohhh, was it ever DELICIOUS! It was a basic recipe of avocado, lime juice, and tomato (not quite as good without the cilantro, jalapeño peppers, and sour cream that cousin Jessie has me addicted to) but it was still the most amazing thing I had tasted in over a month. Programming this week went awesome! Much better than last week and I felt so much better about all of my classes. We're working through the kinks and starting to deliver some awesome sessions. Literacy for ...

... against everything Mom and Dad ever taught us... oh well! It all worked out and we were on our way by 5:45 all set for Mikumi. As the sun rose we could see the grey of the sky more and more. Then the rain began. It was still very early but I must admit I was quite nervous we would have a rainy, muddy, messy safari day, but like most Tanzanian mornings it clears up about half an hour after sunrise. The drive there took about 1½ - 2 hours and went by at the blink of a wide ...

... I had to write in intervals at home on our volunteer laptop and bring into the internet café on a flash drive! Luckily I am better at journaling than I am at blogging so I have something to go by and am not sitting here racking my brain (P.S. a big thanks to Rod for my journal which I currently only have 6 pages left in!) I've decided to break it up into 3 different entries because other wise it would just be information overload! So, I will try to ...

... right through the crowd and got right in... that's right, we're with the band, haha! When we got in we were a little surprized. Even though we didn't really know what to expect and our pre-concieved judgements would have been made in reference to Canadian clubs, the layout made us ponder about what kind of an evening it would shape out to be. There were chairs set out covering the entire floor area of the club with people just sitting ...

... about experiencing the culture! I've definitely been keeping myself busy but making sure I take some time for myself to unwind and relax. I don't have a lot of programming at the end of the week so that definitely helps! Thursday Katie and I had Literacy for Business in Chamwino and we were teaching about goal setting. It came as a shock to hear that this is a new topic for the 19-25 year old class, but really, I should have ...

... finally be able to dive right into what we came here to do, and so far we've managed to stay afloat! Monday and Wednesday mornings this week, Katie and I made our way to the Faraja Head Office to help Norby, the Assistant Director of the NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). We're basically doing adminstrative assistance type activities and making it easier for them to accomplish the great work that they do. We're working on a project called Most Vulnerable ...