Living In Community

living in community doesn't create communion, nor does it create unity. attempting to create unity while living in community is difficult, time consuming, exhausting, etc. i'm going on 4 weeks in tanzania, and i'm finally settling in. it feels good, quite refreshing. it feels like the rain that is falling outside my window, blowing a cool breeze thru the curtains. it feels like the green vegetables in the small garden outside of the office. it feels like the electricity which just came back on after the lightning. (the electricity is always going out here.) class was held with candles again this evening.

our speaker this week brought along his wife and 4 girls. the girls ages are 8, 5, 4, and 3 months. the four year old has become my little shadow. she's the cutest little thing - a little tomboy. she has short hair and dislikes shoes. she's constantly carrying around our orphaned puppy. her name is meekala. she has brought me great joy the last couple of days. having the 3 bright-white, blonde hair, blue-eyed, english speaking little girls running around the camp has brought a refreshing spirit. they are typical missionary kids, and i love them to pieces! there is something so precious about them.

one of the guys from my class asked me why i was a different color than them. (guess i'm getting a bit of a tan!) who knew? perhaps my watchband line should be some indication. it struck me odd that he would ask that question, but he was simply curious. i told him for the same reason that some of the other students are darker than he is. (as i typed that last sentence the electricity went out again. guess this post will need to be updated tomorrow. i've learned to type the blog updates in a word processor first, so that i can save them without losing my work.

today is tuesday, march 20. that means a month ago tomorrow my friends were taking me to the airport. how crazy is that! i can barely believe that it's been a month.