Month: October 2012

We woke early this morning to hit the road.  We are moving around so much!  I was really getting used to the dusty area, the wide-open rustic atmosphere of Engikaret.  It was comforting somehow, perhaps because of the slow lifestyle pace of the people there.  It seemed almost stress-free (although I’m sure it is stressful…

Tonight we danced with the Maasai. Underneath a clear night sky we walked to a Boma and marched inside, chanting with them.

Right now I am in Arusha about to set off on my 6-week safari.  I really enjoyed my time last week in Babati!  It’s colder up here than in Dar es Salaam, which I really have liked.  Our day began in Engikaret, a Maasai village, lying quite a ways away from Arusha.  After lunch we…

Luther’s Human Subjects Review Board approved me the other day to do my research project with the Maasai!  I also got my research proposal back from Molly, which is our biggest graded item in her class and she said that I did an excellent job on it from start to finish!  I am happy because…

I woke up this morning with a deep sharp pain in my stomach. Anne thinks that it was from the fresh tomatoes we ate last night at Hotel Silver and I am inclined to agree with her. I felt better after a little while, but I was tempted not to leave at all today from…

Today it is my 2-year anniversary with Beth!  It has been a fantastic 2 years! Today and yesterday I helped Simon get water for the school.  Simon is one of the founders of the school, a smiley man who lives in Arusha but started the school.  He enjoys driving the bus.  Getting water for him…