Russ's Adventures in Tanzania

Did I mention that it is quite windy these days around here? ;) Yes indeed it is. But that's nice - sitting in the shade is a pleasure and it clears the air of all the burning crops/trash/cooking fires. And just the other day I thought I detected a hint of moisture in the air...

Things are well here. Lisa and I are still at site, busy finishing things up at work. Lisa has final exams to write, deliver, and grade next week. I am not currently teaching, but finishing up some projects such as setting up a proxy server with web filter, repairing several of the PCs disabled by bad installations and a great Kenyan picture virus.

This past weekend we visited our newest site mates' villages in the south part of our district. We drove by Ben's site (sorry - we didn't have time to stop and say hi) and then continued on to spend the night with Tony and Carla. They were great hosts and we had a good time. I really enjoy going out to the villages - each are different in their own way and all are set in beautiful landscape, albeit dry.

This weekend, Lisa and I started cleaning up a bit at the house. I burned a big pile of papers and documents not needed anymore. Lisa cleaned out all of the closets and started making piles of stuff to give away. It's still early to be doing this, but we were bored yesterday and decided to be early.

We are planning on a big going away party/get rid of stuff day in a few weeks. We'll go to Dodoma to get some supplies (cheese, decent wine) and fire up the pizza oven. Should be good.