I’ve been having a hard time finding a way to write about what I’m feeling and what’s been happening during the last couple months of my service. Today I found […]

In less than one month, Paul and I will reach our 2-year mark in Tanzania. Our close-of-service conference (one of those seminars where we’ll learn valuable things about transitioning back […]

I really don’t have a good excuse for abandoning this blog for so long. Sorry. I’ll skip the tirade of explanations and get right to the point. Time has really […]

I’ve abandoned this blog for a couple of months now. Poleni sana (sorry). A lot has happened lately and it’s been difficult to keep up with it on the Internet. First, […]

Two wonderful people in Peace Corps Tanzania got engaged last month. Their village threw them an incredible sendoff party, Tanzania style. Volunteers showed up from neighboring regions, lots of people […]

The last couple of months have been rough for me. I faced a couple of significant medical issues and spent a lot of time away from my site for Peace […]

It started with an ombi (request) for 5 million shillings from a small group in our village. This happened during our first three months of service, when our only assignment […]

World Water Day is coming up on March 22nd! I celebrated early and taught my standard 7 students about the water storage capacities of different types of soils by making […]

I spend a lot of time chewing over deep thoughts or discussing the Peace Corps experiences which make my life sound exciting on this blog. The truth is that the […]

It’s difficult to sum up my nearly 13 months of service into something that resembles a coherent narrative. For months in Tanzania, my brain has been trying to normalize. It’s […]