It's So Hard To Say Goodbye - 05/08

Starting yesterday with Mama Thea's heartfelt thank you to all volunteers during reflection session I've been fighting off tears but this evening I couldn't hold it any more. 
The goodbyes to my students went pretty well - most  of them didn't understand that I was leaving.  Many of them calling out "See you tomorrow!" as I walked out the door... I wish that were true my little love bugs!
The goodbyes to my CCS Karanga Familia were notably harder... I'll truly miss everyone there.  Lots of hugs and well wishes were exchanged.
This was a lot harder to walk away from than CCS Bangkok... and I loved it there.  Is there anything deeper than love??
I'm not sure, but I think it's fair to say I left a bit of my heart in Moshi...

Pole Pole -30/07

In Swahili 'pole' means sorry,  'pole pole' means slowly.
Today I set out on a mission to hike to the first base camp of Kilimanjaro. For those of you who are not geography buffs, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. 
We set off as a group of 8 volunteers and 2  guides but Kacie and I started hanging back a bit from the other group. At first we were busy stopping to look at monkeys and waterfalls but soon enough I was struggling to breathe at the altitude and Kacie was kind enough to wait with me.  Our guide, Dismas,  was great! He talked to Kacie and I, showed us things we would have otherwise missed and shared his wealth of knowledge about the Mountain.
Minus the asthma attacks, I had a really wonderful day.  The scenery was beautiful and the company was fabulous. I enjoyed getting to know more about Kacie while experiencing my first mountain hiking {walking}.
I should have somewhere in there mentioned that Kacie and I got dressed in completely different locations... the West Point group had spent the night at a lodge while Phoebe and I hung out at Home Base... this is important to note because we were both dressed in the same outfit!  So between that, the fact we hiked together and both struggle with motion sickness, we have adopted each other as twins!  We're pretty sure that a few people we passed on the hike thought we planned to match for the day lol.
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