Trust

Loyce, the roving LCF (Language & Culture Facilitator) came to our group today. After lunch, we sat there talking with her and asking questions in Kiswahili. She was impressed with our skills and I think our teacher (our LCF) was pleased.

A few of us tried to use the internet this afternoon but the power was inexplicably off. We decided to just walk down the street and ended up talking to a group for a while. The 3 of us did okay but it was helpful that one of the motorcycle taxi guys speaks English well. Another guy tried talking with us but we could not understand anything he said. We do know he is a joker though because the others kept laughing at some of the things he said. We need to find out what “kama kawa” means because that always got laughs.

We finally moved on but Ezra was called by a family member from across the street. He was getting a group together to play soccer and asked if we wanted to watch. He said it was only ~1 km away so we figured, why not? He had us board a daladala with the group and we went nearly all the way to Morogoro - much more than a kilometer. It was a little disconcerting getting on the daladala without a clear idea of who we were with and where we were going except that we were with a family member of Ezra. With the sun going down around 6pm, we only ended up staying at the game for about 30 minutes before Ezra’s family member helped us get a daladala ride back to Kihonda.

When I went to bathe tonight, the water was off for some reason. My mama ended up putting some kitchen water in a bucket for me to use. Wonder if there is a pattern to the electricity & water or if it is random.

Today I though I might go a day without eating a banana since none were served at lunch and dinner. Apparently this was an oversight at dinner so I was served one shortly afterward.