We had an amazing day filled with meeting more Lubago's! We started the day by going to visit David (Mutta's brother) and his family. His daughter Joanick made us a delicious lunch including pilau (a very delicous rice with spices), avocado, banana, beef stew and katchumbali (a vegetable salad with tomato, onion and cucumber). After lunch, we went to Shopper's plaza to buy some chocolate. This is the first chocolate we have had since arriving here and it was ...

As I type this, dear little Elva is entertaining me with a million questions:) Where is Mary Anne? Why did you leave her? Is she sick? Where are the sweets? Why do you have to go home tomorrow? We drove all day Sunday and Monday with Benny and family and arrived in Dar late last night. The drive was long, but it was also nice to spend some time with Benny, Susanne, Rachel, Jason and Daniel. Mutta flew from Bukoba and was at Benny's house waiting for u...

Another wonderful day in paradise. Well, except for the traffic. The traffic here in Dar es Salaam is very bad. It makes me want to ride a bike or maybe just work from home:) We were in a traffic jam today that I cannot even begin to describe. It was crazy and everyone just got out of their cars and started arguing over how to fix the problem! It was kind of amusing. Oh and Mutta was driving, which was scary even without the crazy traffic! Last night we...