Safari!

Yesterday we went on a day safari to Arusha National Park. It was incredible! Within 3 minutes we were driving on the park road we saw giraffe, zebra, water buffalo and warthogs. We also saw some monkeys, flamingos, lots of other birds and some rabit looking rodents. Bryna saw a hippo in a lake, but it went underwater before the rest of us could see it. Hopefully I can post pictures soon.

We had a rocking 4th of July party on Saturday. I don't think I have ever been around a group of people so excited to celebrate the 4th. Maybe we just needed a reason to throw a party. We made peanut butter cookies, deviled eggs, potato salad, brats, burgers, fresh guacamole (the avacoadoes here are awesome!), and Patty made a pie. We are getting really good at making baked goods with our tempermental gas oven and no recipies. We played a competitive game of ultimate frisbee and some volleyball with local friends from town. There were about 20 of us!

The Peace House campus isn't so quiet anymore- the students arrived last night and are currently in their first day of class after their break. Tomorrow is an industrial holiday, Saba Saba (Seven, Seven), which takes place mostly in Dar so nothing is really going on in Arusha, except the kids don't have class.

We have made research progress last week with many organizations. This afternoon we will go visit Potter's village again and hopefully look at their water systems. We are supposed to have our finalized research project ideas in 2 weeks. I'm curious to see how this turns out!