In Iringa at last!

After two days of travelling and four hours of sleep I finally arrived in Iringa! The trip was long and tiring, apparently I don't sleep well on planes! The most interesting part of the journey was the drive from Dar Es Saalam (Tanzania's capitol) to Iringa. We took a bus (something similar to the Greyhound) for the eight hour trip -what an experience! I thought driving in Mexico was hectic. . .but it turns out it is nothing compared to the driving here! I don't think there are any rules, at least none are enforced. I quickly had to remind myself that God was in charge and we'd survive the craziness that is traffic! Along the way we passed through a natural game reserve where we saw zebras, elephants, monkeys and giraffes! AMAZING! We arrived in Iringa on Tuesday night (Sept. 18) and where shown our living quarters for the month while we are in language school. Wednesday and Thursday were spent touring around Iringa, exchanging dollars into shillings, purchasing cell phones :) [my number is, from Canada: 011 255 76344 9750] meeting some of the people we will be working with and general orientation. Today, (friday) was our first day of language school -talk about overwhelming! We have lots of studying and practicing to do over the weekend! Training school runs from 8:00am to 12:30pm with a half hour break in between. The afternoons will be spent practicing what we've learned and completing the homework assigned. Although Kiswahili will be challenging, I am thankful that I have the pronounciation down pat! (It is very similar to french and spanish:)
So, the first three days have come and gone and were quite enjoyable. The weekend will be full of trying out our newly learned kiswahili words and familiarizing ourselves with the city.
Until next time,
Take care,
Sacha