Those Days

It's crazy that I only have a few weeks left. This week and next week are my last weeks teaching. The next week is testing for the kids. Then i go on my safari and go home!
Last Sunday Brad, Tricia, and I went to Nate's church in Basotu. I enjoyed it. There were so many people there that Brad, Tricia, and I had to sit outside. One of the nationals that has gone through Bible School in Katesh preached. He is the assistant pastor under Nate and really makes many of the decisions for the church. It is awesome to see the growth in the church because it is only a year old.
The next day, Monday, I was basically the kindergarten teacher for the day. Mama Ema is the teacher but she wasn't able to be there. So a Teacher's assistant and I worked together that day to teach the kids. Unfortunately for reasons i really don't understand, he was only there to teach the Swahili and Bible lesson and i had to handle the rest all on my own. He left me! It was interesting. The kindergarten class understands English... but not very much. I tried my best to keep things very simple. I'm really used to teaching the 2nd grade who understand English pretty well.
During activity centers the student teacher came back so we broke into two groups. All of a sudden i see one of the girls in my group put her hand over her mouth. All i was thinking is oh no. She started throwing up but i was able to get her out of the classroom before it was really bad. The ladies that worked in the kitchen cleaned her up and sent her back to class! i just had this feeling that she was going to throw up again... so i kept a close eye on her. And not even ten minutes later she started again.
It was an interesting day that only got better!
Brad decided to teach me how to ride a "Piki Piki"- a dirtbike. So we sat in the driveway as he showed me the clutch, the brake, gas, all that good stuff. i was so nervous but i really wanted to try! so i got on and was fine in first gear. went around "the block". So Brad got on the other bike and we took off. He showed me how to shift into second... so i gave it a try. I guess i got scared though, at one point going in second gear we were taking a turn and there were cows and children all around. and i went straight instead of turning! I got scared and made the bike go faster! i probably would have crashed pretty badly if i hadn't crashed into these huge pricker bushes. It stalled out the bike and Brad had to fish me out, i couldn't get out on my own! And he couldn't get the bike out by himself either... i got it stuck in there pretty good! Two guys who were walking by helped him get it out. And a group gathered around and watched me.
That's one thing about Tanzania, if a white person does anything, it draws a crowd. You can be changing your tire on the road and people will come out of their houses to watch!