We arrived yesterday in Seattle safe and sound after a long 26 hour journey from Tanzania. Our last few days in Tanzania were both amazing and a lot of work. On Wednesday we went out into the “Bush” and saw Sululu’s project Masai village which he supports. As we arrived all of the Masai women sang us a welcome song. We then had some traditional bean and corn dish with masai tea made from a special tree. We then went to a sacred place where we were fed a goat which they had roasted for us and some special soup with four different plants stewed in it. After eating we were shown around the village. Sululu has been working with them to help grow some traditional trees and plants in an eco-friendly and sustainable way and has also taught the women how to made beaded gifts to sell instead of cutting trees down for charcol. We learned all about the different plants which were grown there including a tree with leaves that they use as sandpaper! We also walked down towards the river which was in this huge canyon which they must walk down to get water once a day. Afterwards, the men and women split up and we got a chance to ask the Masai people questions about their culutre and their way of life which was a great learning experience. At the end of our visit we were able to buy some of their beaded gifts to help support their village and send their kids to school. This was such a great culutral experience and it was also nice to see all of the hard work that Sululu has put into helping these people. On Thursday we did a lot of work on the lab at Mianzini. We spent pretty much the entire day working at the Terrawatu lab and St. Thomas before going to lunch with Mr. Makongoro (the director of both schools where we installed computers) at a very nice hotel. After lunch we worked some more before going to Sululu’s house for our last dinner in Tanzania. Once again, mama Jenny prepared us a wonderful meal. We were able to talk about how much we enjoyed our stay in the country and were presented with some kind gifts from Terrawatu where the boys recieved Masai cloths and the girls recieved some kanga cloths. After dinner Chris and Carl went back to St. Thomas to finish working on the lab and Kelsey and Linnea stayed the night at Sululu’s house. On our last day, Kelsey and Linnea went out to visit one of the old computer lab sites from a previous GTA trip. It was nice to see that everything was for the most part still working and it was nice to see how well they took care ofthe lab. During this time the boys were finishing up the last of the work at the Mianzini lab and we are so proud of them for all of the hard work they put in during our last few days. We are proud to say that when we left we completely finished all of the computer labs! After the work was finished, we went to Mr. Mokongoro’s house for a delicious lunch where we could say goodbye to him and thank him for all of his hospitality. After lunch we had to rush back to St. Thomas to pack and say goodbye to everyone at St. Thomas before rushing to the airport. At the airport it was hard to say goodbye to Frank and Adam which had become our good friends during our stay. As the plane took off that night, we waved goodbye to the beautiful country which had been our home for two weeks. Who knows, maybe we will be back someday…
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