Today was a great day. The daughter of one of the staff here at St Jude's just finished up her course work studying to be an Occupational Therapist and is spending a few months here in Tanzania at a children's rehabilitation centre while she waits to actually 'graduate' and return to Australia for a 'real' job. Today 7 other St Jude's staff and I went to visit her place of work. It is called Plaster House and was started by a woman from Sweden who was working ...

Well, I'm back! Back to the land of lions and elephants. Back to the land of crazy traffic, Swahili, and rice and beans. Back to many amazing friends and the place where I feel I belong for (at least) the next chapter of my life. And, unfortunately, back to the land of dirty water and food and parasites. I just overcame my first (parasite) and am well acquainted with my new bathroom. My travels went flawlessly despite my skepticisms about being picked up at...