I have 3 days left in Iringa!
March 16, 2008
I have 3 days left in Iringa! I have been busy lately doing everything that I thought I had plenty of time to do and now I am squeezing it in! This last week of work has been great too so I am really enjoying everything about being here! Now that my time is running down, I am realizing more and more, probably things that a newcomer would pay attention to but now I am more in awe than ever!
I worked on the mosaic Tuesday and part of Wednesday and Thursday, I worked in the workshop at Neemah for the first time so that was a lot of fun. I got a lot more work done than the people I was working with because they like to talk! The main detail is that they were all deaf so instead of working, they were signing! Even though I wish I knew them more or more personally, they are all great people and full of smiles!
At Huruma Center, we had a busy week. Sophia's brother was here visiting and she will be gone this coming week so we were doing many Easter activities. On Monday I was there alone and one little girl and I read a book (in Kiswahili!) so it was bonding time for us because she helped me pernounce words and laughed at me a little but it was a lot of fun! I'm sad to leave there because I feel like I was finally developing a few small relationships but I am very excited for two girls who are coming next week to share the same opportunity I have had.
Wednesday will be my last day in Iringa and then I am starting the tradition of spending Good Friday and Easter on the beach! A few people I have met that are staying at the head office and I are traveling to Matema which is on Lake Nyassa near Malowi. I will return from there on Monday and Tuesday I will be on a bus to Dar with Agneth's (Chavala) sister to go to Zanzibar and next Friday I fly home! So this will be the last update you get from me until I am back in Minnesota! Please pray for safe journeys as the bus system here could use a lot of prayer! And thank you for all of your prayers and support that have gotten me this far.
Peace and Blessings,
Jenny
I worked on the mosaic Tuesday and part of Wednesday and Thursday, I worked in the workshop at Neemah for the first time so that was a lot of fun. I got a lot more work done than the people I was working with because they like to talk! The main detail is that they were all deaf so instead of working, they were signing! Even though I wish I knew them more or more personally, they are all great people and full of smiles!
At Huruma Center, we had a busy week. Sophia's brother was here visiting and she will be gone this coming week so we were doing many Easter activities. On Monday I was there alone and one little girl and I read a book (in Kiswahili!) so it was bonding time for us because she helped me pernounce words and laughed at me a little but it was a lot of fun! I'm sad to leave there because I feel like I was finally developing a few small relationships but I am very excited for two girls who are coming next week to share the same opportunity I have had.
Wednesday will be my last day in Iringa and then I am starting the tradition of spending Good Friday and Easter on the beach! A few people I have met that are staying at the head office and I are traveling to Matema which is on Lake Nyassa near Malowi. I will return from there on Monday and Tuesday I will be on a bus to Dar with Agneth's (Chavala) sister to go to Zanzibar and next Friday I fly home! So this will be the last update you get from me until I am back in Minnesota! Please pray for safe journeys as the bus system here could use a lot of prayer! And thank you for all of your prayers and support that have gotten me this far.
Peace and Blessings,
Jenny