Bomba-bomba

(Bombabomba means I am ready foranything --a response to Mambo)

So much has happened in the last two/three days, i don't know if I can rememberit all let alone fit into words how much I am loving it here and everything I have already learned.

We have been to 4 orphanages. One is run by nuns and only has children that they rescued from the hospital (that were usually abandoned) between the ages 0-5. The kids are beautiful and so so so sweet. We getto serve there twice more while we are here.
One, Kili Centre, is run very very well. They have sustainable food and sellingprojects with their chickens and have plansfor expansion.
The closest one to us, the kilimanjaro orphanage center, is walking distance. There, i think, we are making cubbies for the children,as most of them do not have a place for their own belongings.
The final place, we still wouldlove to help the children, but it seems a little sketchy. They have chickens and eggs but the childrennever eat either. we have done projects for them in the past that have gone missing or gotten ruined too quickly. we probably are going to redo the floor in the girls room and also decide what to do from there.

In terms of sight-seening, today we went to a coffee farm. We picked the berries, watched them shelled, dried, shelled again, roasted and ground. Then we got to taste it. It was soo good! The trip to the farm was just as fun as the farm itself. It took an hour to drive there and then an hour to walk -- through the rain forest. It was beautiful, but I was literally wringing my skirt out by the time we got there. The hike was good practice for Kilimajaro!!!

Yesterday we went to a leather factory caled Shah Industires. They are one of the only companies that hires disabled people. It was a very interestng place to see!

We also went to the market yesterday. We each had 2000 tanzanian shillings (the equivalent of $1.33) to buy dinner for three people. Some people teamed up, so me and my roommate bought 4 fish, 4 carrots, 5 tomatoes, 6 onions, 8 okra and a 1/2 kilo of corn for 4000 shillings. We bought everything in swahili so that we would get a better price, but I don't think it worked! Oh well, more money for their families.

I think my 30 minutes of internet time are almost up and I still have to email my mom!

Baadaye! (Later!)