Greetings from Bukoba, land of the beautiful banana trees! Every evening at the Lubago home, we eat dinner at around 830pm. Usually it is rice, some version of banana, avacado, and stew. We have been very lucky to have Mutta's wonderful sister-in-law (Light) and his nieces (Flora and Newstar) making us delicious meals. After dinner, we all gather around Bibi and Babu in the living room for evening prayers. This is a tradition that they have done every ...

We are sorry it took so long to update. We have had limited internet access, but are excited to share our last couple of days with you all. We began two days of Safari on Monday with our guide Andrew. We began our journey in the Ngorongoro crater. Before we entered, Andrew had to get our pass for the day. We were excited to see lots of Baboons running around until they tried to get our lunches. Don't worry though, Mary Anne fought them off and only ende...

Jambo! We had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Martha and Evo yesterday. It was amazing. We learned some new dances and made lots of new friends. Everyone here has been so welcoming and kind. We feel at home wherever we go. There are not words to describe the beauty of the wedding, so we will do it in photos instead. Today we woke up and spent 3 hours at the "car shop" getting air in the tires. Oh and we also had to buy a fire extinguisher and...

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...

Karaoke in Zanzibar! Singing karaoke in Zanzibar was not on my bucket list, but tonight I added it and checked it off! Ha ha. We sang "I wanna dance with somebody" by Whitney (Abella, MaryAnne and Susan) and Adele (MaryAnne and Abella). Ok first let me go back to this morning and catch everyone up. We awoke bright and early for breakfast at the resort which included a buffet of toast, cookies, fruits, HOT DOGS, and omelets! (Andrea, if you are readin...