Delightful Blogs, Swahili Lessons and Dive Class.

Habari za asubuhi! (Good morning)

Great news! My blog is featured on the following site: http://www.delightfulblogs.com/travel/
I submitted it and sure enough it was selected as a "favorite"- pretty exciting :)
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In other weekend news: Had a nice weekend relaxing, hanging out with friends, and reading. On Saturday I managed to buy more items for the orphanage!! Thanks to everyone who continues to send funding for this great cause- it has amazed me how generous everyone has been and the orphanage is thrilled everytime I go visit. When I went to drop the items off, it happened to be the 13th anniversary of the orphanage, so there was a big party. Kids and families who had adopted children from New Life Home Trust were visiting- so it was great to see how many children have found great homes.

Saturday night Sandra and I had a great evening checking out a new Thai restaraunt in town and then heading next door to a small bar called "Mercury" for some delicious Mojitos!! The next morning was dive class and I got "top scores" from the Instructor.

• He said, "WOW your confidence has really improved and you did a great job- what was different?"
  
• My response : "Well... I did have an abundance of mojitos last night- think that helped?" :)

Diving has become a really fun event on the weekend, the people at the club are great, and the atomsphere of being by a pool, sitting in the sun and lounging after dive class is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

The weekend concluded with Martin, Dana, and I having our first Swahili lesson. We hired a Swahili tutor, Oloo (Oh-low), for 2 hours per week. Last night we learned greetings, polite words, and welcoming guests. We have already been practicing on coworkers- who answer with vocab that we haven't learned yet, so we smile and nod :)