This week has been pretty awesome. This last weekend was really fun! M’Liss, Cami, Fredrik, Matt, Julie and I all went to the hot springs which are about an hour and a half away on the most horrible roads here. You wouldn’t believe the drivers here. We have a certain taxi driver, Juma, that we always call and he’s got a little, yet really nice black car and he drives it through things I would never drive my truck through. Its incredible. The road to the hot springs was absolutely horrible and we even drove straight through a forest in part of it because the road was blocked. The hot springs were this little oasis in the middle of the desert but they were way cool. It was crystal clear, turquoise blue water that was pretty warm.
After the hot springs half of us continued on to Arusha for the weekend to go the circus! Luckily we met up with our friend Ben who has been here for about 8 months now and speaks way good Swahili so he helped us girls get a good hotel room and such. We went out to dinner and the circus was really cool. It wasn’t an animal type circus like we have at home though. It was a lot of gymnastics and weird tricks like spinning tables on your feet and such. My favorite part of the weekend though was riding on a motorcycle taxi! We got 3 bikes for the 5 of us for 3000 tsh each so like $1.50 which was sweet. It was so much fun! I want to ride one again.
We ended up going to church on Sunday and we felt all special and cool because we actually remembered how to get there on our own without the missionaries. The ward is really great but its really different than I would have expected. Its not one of those situations where these people put so much effort towards going to church like you might think, its pretty convenient for most of them. But its different in so many other ways. The members there don’t know a whole lot about the gospel, yet they are still so faithful. They aren’t very educated and have so many questions all of the time. We talked for like 15 minutes the other day about the cross and why we don’t use it so much in our church because it was simply a tool used to kill the Savior, nothing more.
After church we met up with Fredrik and Ben and made our way back to Moshi. We actually got extremely lucky with our bus because it barely ever stopped and they didn’t make us squish five people to a bench like they usually do. The only downside was that the seats were just a little uncomfortable. It was a really fun weekend though!
Yesterday was also a really great day! Yesterday it was cold all day long! I actually wore a long sleeve shirt for most of the day. It was absolutely incredible. It also rained for most of the day and so Fredrik and I, in our boredom, built the most incredible card house you have every seen in your life. I’ll try to show pictures soon. Basically the entire house was standing on two cards. Awesome.
I know I say it every time but I really am loving it here! My kids are learning so much and I am so proud of them! They know 1-10 and all of the numbers individually, and how to count and how to add! They also know their colors in English and Swahili and A-I. It breaks my heart though because since Mama has been gone for the past few weeks her brother is watching over them and feeding them, but none of them have showered for at least a week and they all smell so bad. We wanted to help them shower but the shower here isn’t working and neither is their toilet. It’s horrific what these children have to live in, yet at the same time it’s so much better than where they could be. If they haven’t showered by the next time we see them we are taking them back to the hostel and cleaning them up a little bit. Other than that, everything is going well and I’m looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend after such a long, busy week.
Love and miss you all.
Kels
p.s. It is pouring outside right now! I love the rainy season! So so wonderful!
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