week 2

Hi everyone!!
So this week has been marvellous! I started at Marangu but shosho and I made our way back to the Secondary School of Mtakuja in the middle of the week.  As soon as we descended from the slopes of Kilimanjaro we could feel the heat as it radiated off the dry earth.  We had quite the time in Moshi as we made our way from the bakery to the small grocery store and then out to the school.  I was sitting in the back seat as Obedi (the driver and accountant for the school) asked if i had a drivers license.  Then he pulled over and welcomed me into the driver's seat. I was a little nervous because #1 it was Moshi and if you have ever been in African traffic you know that there are no rules and #2 in Africa one drives on the left hand side of the road.  Anyway we ended up making it to the school while incurring funny looks and shouts of MZUNGU! (white person) A truck in front of us had a cargo of 20 men who were all smiling and encouraging me to go faster.  Overall a good time :) When we arrived at the school we settled in and made ourselves at home. as the week continued we planted flowers and vegetables in the dust of the gardens.  Luckily with the school owning the only pump and well system within 20 miles, we were able to give the seeds hope!  Shosho and I have also fixed the shower, photographed Kilimanjaro, baked a cake!, and set up a sister school in Germany!! We are moving along on the solar project and shosho is becoming quite the internet wizard.  Just kidding :) today she learned for the first time that the internet was compiled of more than just "the email".  Quite a shock to all the staff as the now 7 of us looked up a recipe for frosting.  They had no idea that the internet was also a TV, information supplier, photo gallery, etc. Tomorrow we are going to research all of the castles that shosho used to live in as a child and we will be starting to record the story of her heart wrenching yet fascinating life!!!
PS. Zanzibar in 8 days!!! so excited to kite surf!!!!