Today is our last day in Hanga.
We are spending it saying goodbye to people, packing, mentally preparing ourselves for another road trip tomorrow, and getting ready to DANCE!
at 4pm today we have set up a "disco" at the primary school. there is a DJ from the village who is setting up big speakers and will bring music so we can dance and have a little party with the students of st. laurents from about 4-6pm. that is...if we can find power. the monastery power is still on right now, but usually it is off in the afternoon until 5:30pm when it comes back on. so, we will see. maybe the DJ will bring a generator too? hopefully we can make it work.
tomorrow we hit the road at 8am (after breakfast) and will travel to Njombe and then to Nole where the monastery runs a water bottling opperation. then we will end up in Imiliwaha with the sisters where we will stay for five nights. i think we have a few extra riders with tomrorow too. some students who are finished with the semester and live near Njombe, some monks who want to travel this far so it is cheaper for them to get to Dar...we just say, "okay! hop in!" we are lucky to have such a nice bus that the ride will still be VERY comfortable. much better than the 6 hour ride in the land cruiser to Mbamba Bay!
thanks for reading. again, still working on the pictures. the camera pictures are just too big right now. we are trying to find a way to shrink them so we can upload them faster...keep your fingers crossed.
-Ben
Thanks for the update Ben and TEAM! We love knowing how you are, some of the things you've been up to, and ESPECIALLY where you are headed. We can do some online searches and find out a little bit more of what you might be experiencing. We have been able to see some video online about the Hanga area, and we've already seen some information about the convent in Imiliwaha. Everything we've seen here (from afar) looks so interesting, and we are so anxious to hear all the details when you all return home! Thanks for leading our young adults on this trip of a lifetime. One I'm sure none of you or us will every forget!! Travel safe!
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