In time....

After spending quite some time here, I tend to glaze over the things when I first got here would shock me. I dreamed the of the days when I didn’t seem so wide eyed…. Now I feel as if I have reached that point here. Most of these “shocking” things happen while driving. I feel like after driving here I could drive anywhere, but I am also fearful of my driving when I return to the states.
- Guys in roller blades while holding on the back bumper of a bus. This scares me to death! Especially when I am driving behind it!
- Getting thru a traffic light without power. This is insane. Reoccurring all the time here due to power outages. Just gun it and go!
- Speaking of power outages, power going out in a restaurant for a few minutes and sitting in the dark until they’re generator kicks on.
- Buying multiple of something I really like just incase they are out of it for a long period of time.
- Guys peeing on the side of the road. I just laugh out loud every time I see it.
- Street sweepers – these are men and woman who spend their days doing a thankless job. They sweep sand in the roads, I am shocked they put their lives in the hands of such insane driving.
- Days going not quite as I had planned—waiting on a fundi (mr fix it) who said he would here an hour ago, traffic not moving when it needs to be, product not working and needing to return it and only to have its replacement fail as well, having an “Im not the mood for Africa day” and hermit inside for a few hours and watch too many episodes of Saved by the Bell….

This next month the fun will begin… Students will be returning to campus, 5,000 new students will join us, and we as a “team” will tackle the task at hand. GREAT doors have opened for us to walk thru, we are excited to see what is in store!