Flew by

This week has gone by so fast!  It is already Friday night and we are headed out to another adventure tomorrow morning to spend the weekend in Mount Kilimanjaro.  This week flew by as we have only had three days teaching in the schools!  On Wednesday we got a huge greeting from our kids as we entered into the classroom.  All 47 students were shouting ‘good morning teachers!’ so loudly that we could feel wind hit our face haha  The other teachers missed us just as much as well!  Our days are so jam packed with school at Assumption, Swahili lessons, GVSU class, going to the orphanage to play on Wednesday evenings and squeezing in some market shopping time when we can.  I go to bed exhausted every night!

I am starting to enjoy the life and environment here in Arusha.  The Tanzanian motto in Arusha is ‘pole pole’ which in english means ‘slow slow’, where there is no rush and ‘hakuna matata’ is definitely present.  The life here is simple.  Walking everywhere has become so enjoyable.  The early morning walks to school is a great way to wake up to in the morning!  Our walk to school has become much less terrifying as we see the same people in the same spot every morning!  Internet has been in and out here, which is kind of frustrating but it just adds to the experience of a simple life I suppose.

I am getting much better in my bargaining skills today.  Three girls and I, went to a Masai Market today and we got some awesome deals!!  It was a lot of fun :)  In the beginning I was a sucker for just paying for what the people wanted it for not thinking that the prices were that jacked up.  Today we were walking away from people and the people would run after us giving what we wanted.  It was pretty great!

Not much has happened within the last two days other then we have taught some great lessons if I do say so myself!  It has been great to have the students have the look of understanding when they finally understand something.  There are definitely differences between schools in the states and in Tanzania!

Anyways, we are headed to do a day climb in mount Kilimanjaro in the morning and I am super excited about it!  Not quite sure what else what we will be doing this weekend, hopefully have some time to just relax :)

Much love!

xoxo