Our program director, Bereket, regularly implores us to stay “safe and healthy.” He says it so often that it has become somewhat of a joke in the group. He says he loves us because we haven’t done anything stupid yet. Unfortunately, this weekend may have tested his faith in us.
Saturday, a group of students (Ethan, [...]
Sorry about the last couple posts. I realize they’re full of complaints. In actuality, I’m having a great time here getting to know the language, the city, and the other students. It just seems I’m most likely to post when I have a rant ready and waiting to spill from my fingertips.
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Time has finally sped up for me over here in Africa. This week is passing surprisingly quickly. It’s Wednesday night tonight which means hump day has come and gone with relative ease and I can see the weekend’s light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, time is moving at such a normal pace [...]
Hey! Sorry I haven’t been able to post for so long. The power, and water here are a bit… patchy. So the internet has obviously been patchy as well. I am now in my third week of abroad experiences and boy has it been a wild ride. I’ve never been [...]
Salama rafiki zangu! Ninakaa Afrika!
I’m in Africa!
I have been here a full week now and am finally getting the hang of things. It’s still surprisingly hard to comprehend where I am. East Africa. Worlds away from anything familiar. Here, trees grow out more than up, there are monkeys instead [...]
