My morning in Arusha

I connected with Zach last night and he will be picking me up at lunch time today to take me to the training camp...phew! I spent much of the morning sending emails,updating my blog, and walking around Arusha. While in search of the Celtel store (my phone service provider), I met 2 teenage boys who walked with me and patiently helped me practice Swahili. I've never had such a strong desire to learn a language, and already with the help of a phrase book, I'm able to communicate basic things.It's exciting to be able to tell someone what I want,to bargain in the local language, and to respond when someone greets me. I can also now count to 50 which really helps at the market! I spent3months in India, and never learned more than a few words of Hindi. But Swahili is a language that is fun and exciting for me, and one that over the next four months I hope I can get a good handle on. Not that its a useful language to know--spoken only in a handful of East African countries, but is a language for me that is exotic and a pleasure to speak. So, until next time, kwa heri!