Here are some pictures of my new abode in Tanzania.  They aren't that great but I can't get too far from the house and still see it because of the walls around it.  The first picture is of the house from the front, it's hard to see but the gatekeeper keeps a beautiful garden out front.  There are banana trees in the back, one of which has a large clump of bananas that I need to figure out when to have the gatekeeper chop down.  The second is of the "theft deterrent system" which consists of a lot of broken glass on top of the wall.  The third shows my neighborhood, and that there are lots of corn fields around :).

I had a good first week of orientation last week and am continuing this week.  Tomorrow I am going to Arusha (about an hour away) and will go around with the street educator there visiting street kids.  That should be very interesting to see but challenging to take in because the conditions for those kids are really bad.

I had a successful weekend, especially on Saturday when I managed to go to the market and get all the things on my list without being charged the mzungu (white person) price for any of them.  I am loving the fresh fruit here - mangoes, oranges, and papayas are all good and very cheap.  I also saw pineapples at the market but did not get one, I might this week.  On my way home I was able to see the peak of Kilimanjaro for the first time - they are having an unusually rainy period here and it has been covered by clouds.  I'm enjoying the cool weather while it lasts though because soon it will be very hot and dusty.