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So since the last time we blogged we haven’t really done too many exciting things. We have officially met all 27 new volunteers and some of our great friends have left but good news is, Sam and Lara got to move in as our new roommates.
The new volunteers have brought a completely new vibe to the house. With so many people the dynamic has changes, the lines for lunch and dinner have changed, the computer is never available, and some of them don’t exactly like that we are “loud” at night. Most the new volunteers are around 20 or younger. Then there are the few 30 year olds and then the random father daughter pair. However, in the mixture of all the chaos we have met some really cool new people. Nikki fits in with our little group really well, and she just graduated from Boston University so I have finally found a Boston hook up. She will be helping me figure out what areas I should look for an apartment, and is even writing down good places to go while I am there.
Other than the new volunteers we have just been working all week at Bridge. We got two new volunteers working at Bridge so there are four of us. Kasey and I have been working in the oldest classroom and we have really liked being in the same classroom. We have taught the kids how to sneeze and cough into their arm rather than on us…and also how to say “teacher you look pretty today”. We thought that all of those were good lessons. Haha. The last day of this week one of the new girls was gone so I was working in the baby class again with Ithan…it was so hilarious because I get there and he had on the cutest little sweat suit outfit on. So I looked to see what it said on the front and it was an FFA (future farmers of America) sweater from Louisville, Kentucky! I definitely got a picture of that. Other highlights of the week at school, they got a ceiling put into the oldest classroom and all the kids seemed super excited about that. I also asked Madame Minja what we could send her once we get back to the states and she answered with “40,000,000 tsh to build a primary school” I laughed and asked if they could maybe use new toys? I don’t think she understood the question at first. Eventually she just said we appreciate anything people can give us.
At night we have been hanging out with our local friends and then a few former CCS people we met that are living here in Moshi doing different things. It is so funny how many people we met that did CCS and have come back in just months or a few years to live. Moshi is truly a special place…I cant wait to plan our next trip back, I would definitely live here.
The best night of the week for sure though was thanks to our dear friend, Eddie. We had been trying to plan a way to get to Arusha to see our Canadians one last time before they boarded the plane. We were all working so hard to try and figure out how we could get there and surprise them, we even tracked them down through their safari guide to figure everything out. So as we are trying to figure this out at the Kinderoko (a hotel with a rooftop restaurant) we get a text from Eddie saying he has a surprise for us and he would just drop by to give it to us. When Alex and Emily walked in we all almost died, best surprise ever! So we got to hang out with them a bit that night and the next day we left work an hour early and spent the whole day in town with them until we had to sadly say goodbye! But We were all just so ecstatic to see them one more time, they will definitely be our lifelong friends. I will admit…I even cried a little. Haha.
So this weekend is Sam and Lara’s last weekend and we have a couple of plans. First we are checking out for the weekend and staying in town at the Buffalo hotel. We have a coffee tour planned all day tomorrow with Eddies Company, Pristine. Then Saturday night we plan to try out the Panda Chinese restaurant and hit up la leiga for the Miss Kilimanjaro pageant. So we will definitely write again soon with updates on our adventures.