Desperate Researchers...

Well, it's official. The girls house is hooked on Desperate Housewives. No we don't have a TV, but Divina conveniently has all the seasons saved on her computer. We are currently in Season 3 and watch a new episode in our free time. Maybe that should have been someones research project...

The internet at the school has been extremely slow lately, that's why I haven't been able to update the blog. But here is what has been happening:

I collected the water consumption data the Peace House students collected for me last week and I have been busy crunching numbers. I still have some data to run, but my current estimate is that an average student here uses about 55 liters of water per day. I am currently in the process of measuring the level in the waste water treatment pond every day. My research will not be done once I leave here, I need some serious internet time, and right now that is just not possible. The group is currently focusing on gathering all the research we need from the field, while we are physically in Tanzania, and then finish our reports once we are stateside- which is coming up faster than any of us would like!

Don't worry- it hasn't been all work. We definitely leave time to play. Last Friday we went into town and spent some time at the craft market and I picked up the jogging pants my parents sent me at the post office- thanks so much! Last Saturday we hung around campus during the day and Bryna, Joel and I ate in the dining hall. I think it was the most flavorless meal I have had here yet. We always have rice or ugali (like mashed potatoes, but made with corn flour) with beans, but this ugali and beans just tasted like mush. Yum....But dinner that night was much better becasue we went into town and had BBQ at Khan's- the guy who sells auto parts during the day, then turned his place into a restaurant at night. After dinner we went to a bar on top of the Arusha Backpackers Hotel to have a few drinks of Konyagi- Tanzanian gin. On Sunday a few of us went into town to attend serivce at Arusha Community Church, which was being led by some of our friends in the area. It was very nice and after the service I met a gentleman who had been living in the Arusha area for 12 years, but was born and raised in Laurium, MI and graduated from Finlandia University. It really is a small world...