we (the interns, minus derek--there are 5 of us total, derek, shane, faith, jaquie, and myself) played a game called "amazing race". it was basically like a scavenger hunt around town, where there were certain locations (21 to be exact), and we had to find as many as we could in an alotted amount of time, with a limited amount of money. we had 2 teams of 2, and it was a lot of fun...although i got sunburnt, of course. we had to take taxis and buses (called the "dala dala" here) and take photos in front of all the places. the point of the game is to learn our way around town as interns so that we can take the teams where they need to go whenever they are here. and it worked! we know our way around!! haha. we tied! the prize was going to the nicest restaurant in kigoma, which was fun. it overlooks lake tangyanika and is super beautiful with delicious food. i had eaten there before, but the other girls hadn't yet. yum yum. then me and derek and harold and coni (the missionaries that we're working with here) watched the movie "world trade center"...hahah...it was sad, but an ok movie.
uhhh...i know that's not very exciting, but here's a better story!!!!!!!!
the first weekend i was here, we went to a village called sunuka, and we were there from thursday through sunday. we had a medical tent, and we did some training seminars for a thing called "kids club", and a seminar for the mamas (a women's seminar). it was awesome. the medical tent was out of control!! we played with the kids allllll day long, learning tidbits of swahili in the process. but anyways, as a "thank you" for coming, the village gave harold and coni 2 goats! a boy and a girl. we named them ken and barbie. so we had taken 2 land cruisers up there to sunuka, and we had 21 people between the 2 cars...so clearly, we were PACKED TO THE BRIM! it was quite intense. not gonna lie, a lot of sweating took place. anyways, as you can imagine, with 2 goats, we were all kind of bummed to have them INSIDE the car! SOOOOO...derek and i said, "no way. we're strapping them to the roof!" so the boys did, and it was cruel, but who cares. they're disgusting GOATS! they were tied down to the roof, and the roads here are literally the WORST roads ever...super super bumpy (imagine 32948723974 speed bumps in a row of all different sizes for 2+ hours). so we were driving for about 30 minutes, when all of a sudden, derek and i are talking (and he is right next to the window, and i am next to him), and one of the goats FALLS OFF THE ROOF, still attached by her neck and foot!!!!!!!! HAHAHA. it made a huge THUD on the window right next to derek and i---it was a little scary. especially since we had just been joking about how what if the goats smashed their heads open on the roof and there was blood running down the windshield. hahah. anyways, the goat was fine, and we were fine, and had a good laugh. that's a better story, right?
some stuff about my roommates/living situation...
i'm roommates with 2 girls who are from southern california (their names are jaquie and faith) and they're really awesome. we're all living in the same room in a family's house nearby. the family is so great. jackson is the baba (baba means dad, or mister), and he is a translator, esther is the mama (mama can mean miss, mrs, or mom. it's very common to call people "baba jackson" and "mama esther" even if they aren't your parents. i call esther mama all the time.), and they have 2 little boys- talent (who is 2) and joshua (who is 7 months). they are the CUTESTTTTTTT kids. seriously such a gorgeous family. mama esther is super beautiful and is sooo joyful and loves jesus soooo much. she hugs us like 20 times a day. hahaha. and she speaks hardly any english, which is fun. derek lives across the street with shane and moses (a national). they live at the bible college, and it's a stone's throw from where we are living. every morning (monday through friday) we go across the street for baba joshua (harold)'s devotions with the school. (also here, it is very common to call people baba and mama with the name of their first child. my momma and daddy could be called mama and baba melody. harold and coni's first kid is joshua, so we call them mama and baba joshua...usually just around the nationals though. it's really interesting...i like it.)
today the first team of people from northern california are coming in! 8 people, i think? 4 adults, and 4 kids who just graduated from high school. should be an interesting dynamic! and then this coming weekend we are doing another outreach in a village called biharu from thursday-sunday, similar to the one in sunuka.
speaking of, i have to go...it's almost time for a staff meeting.
bwana asifiwe! (praise the lord!)
melody
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How can you seriously laugh about those poor goats. And goats are very valuable to people in third world countries. I shed tears b/c of your very sad story about the goats on top of the vehicle on such a very bumpy road. I hope they have recuperated and will bring good milk for the people.
Yeah - goats are people too.
Your Mom's goat in Oakland had gilded horns--Papa Joe did the gold leaf. Spenser was cute for a while. I heard Mik Romney tied his big dog to the top of his car for a motor trip and provided the dog with a windshield. That didn't go over to big with his constiuency. Glad you are having fun. Love G. Betty
Waiting for an update. G Betty
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