GO FISH!

Good evening from Tanzania!

today we woke up bright and early- ate breakfast at 7am (eggs, bread, coffee) and went to church at 8. The mass was in english, although they also have it in swahili and german. the music was really nice- the people were so enthusiastic you couldn't help but sing along.

when we got home from mass i went up to the patio to hang out. the only people there were brother credin and brother randon (sp?). br. credin came up to me and was curious about my deck of cards (they aren't mine dad, i borrowed them from my friend Maddie :)... I tried to explain them to him. "teach me a game" he said in his quiet, broken english. i thought the easiest game for someone who didn't even know what a deck of cards were would be GO FISH. br. credin and i played a few games by ourselves, but after br. randin saw how much fun we were having, he couldn't help but join in! there was a lot of laughter at that patio table. after a handful of games, other CSBSJU kids came. Mannie, Grace and another brother ended up joining us as well.

During lunch it started downpouring. the people say it does that here alot, but it never lasts very long. which was made evident by the fact that not five minutes after it started raining, Ben and i went out there to run in the rain it had already stopped. We decided to walk around. we ended up in a neighborhood. There were no roads in the village, only dirt. people were cooking outside their houses on stoves. there was trash everywhere, and tons of chickens roaming around. the people there greeted us kindly. the kids waved and gave us thumbs up! Ben is en route back as i type to give the kids some toys.

tomorrow, if the weather is nice we are suppose to go to the beach. nice and relaxing (as if i haven't been doing enough of that since i got here:)

i don't know what we have planned for the rest of the day- but i am sure it will be eventful!

i have not found a phone to call home yet, so this might be my only means of communication for awhile.