Posted in Journal Entries on February 13th, 2008 No Comments »
It doesn't compare to what you get in the North, but it DOES snow in Tanzania. This morning, Mt. Meru's peak glistened in the morning sun!
My mother and I took down all the curtains in the volunteer apt. this afternoon. The tailor had made them 8 inches too long, so mom cut them, pinned them up [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on February 12th, 2008 No Comments »
New baby boy of two months arrived this morning. Lobikeki-I think that is correct! A Masaai name.
This afternoon Zahara and I are going to talk to the District Health Officer, to go over the floor plan etc on the Maternity clinic. Then I will start ordering building materials! Exciting!
Update: Miss Tanzania came to visit [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on February 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Playing in water, with all your clothes on!
Staci
Swinging tandem with a friend!
Eating Plums!
Playing ball with Bibi (grandma)!
Maria and Shirley Thoresen (my mom)
Enjoy life's simple pleasures today!
Posted in Journal Entries on February 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today we brought out lots of new clothes for the babies. They were all very proud of themselves as everyone told them how great they looked. People so kindly give us such lovely things, so we got rid of a lot of dingy looking things and started using the new. We even have shirts that [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on February 6th, 2008 No Comments »
We just send off one child, and another comes through the door! That's what we're here for! Yesterday we got 12 month old Raheli. She is a child of a Burundian refugee, and her mother abandoned her, leaving her with her young brother, when she was 4 months of age. He has really been struggling [...]