The sabbath morning wake up: the diligent guard raking the stones. The morning passes in a blur. Malcolm listens to a sermon. After lunch we go through the lesson and remember childhoods past. Then an afternoon nap. I wake sweltering and out the fan on. Then we wander through the village on dried muddy roads and talk to some Massi children herding goats sheep and cows. The large moon rises quickly over the hills. For some reason today seems like a good day to be ...

Friday 22 January After I finally get up I eat Malcolm's lunch from yesterday and a smoothie. I get started on the final part on my research - local stats and help Hannah a little with the money. There is a smell of cat pee and I can't figure where it's coming from, so when Hannah goes to help feed the children I get into cleaning. The cleaning girl only came yesterday but I get into in again. I do some washing too before going for lunch. I just relax after lu...

Thursday 21 jAnuary Getting out of bed feels especially hard. Malcolm is feeling better and gets up to take the kids to school then goes into Arusha for chores. Hannah catches an extra nap and I make cookies. Then the research calls. I'm getting close to finishing stage 1. So much info to give! I head over to the day care about 1pm for lunch. We head back planning to visit the market. It starts to pour! We wait it out. By the time it clears it's time for mal to...

Wednesday 20 January Another day. Rain too. Which means mud. I go with Hannah to the day care and help with the children awhile before heading back to the house for more school research. The day seems to pass in so motion. Malcolm is feeling worse, so spends most of the day in bed. I hope he recovers quick. I didn't get Hannah's messages to come for lunch so I end up eating late when she returns. Ppl move houses and some get stuck in the mud. Before I know it i...

Tuesday 19 January The day starts much the same bit we head out once Malcolm is back. We stop at one store to get a few things. We try and return the scales. The leaflet says the device had a year warranty for any defects and they didn't work straight of the box. Lori already tried to return them, but I was determined. They get looked at by at least 3 men, but eventually they give us a new set. One man seemed a bit worried that the box was broken, I tried to po...