Sika | May 24, 2010
We went to Dolphin Dhow, and luckily they had a group of four American guys, all laid off from a sinking Washington Mutual, already going out the next day for an overnight trip. I decided to go along first, and then John decided to go, as well. There’s some really nice snorkeling to be had [...]
Sika | November 24, 2007
My mom managed to buy me a ticket. So I am leaving about now for the airport. I will not have any phone service after about 12:30am today West-coast time, unless my plane gets delayed. I am going through Nairobi and Amsterdam before ending up in Seattle at 2:40pm on Sunday. I will update more [...]
Sika | November 23, 2007
My grandma is sick. I am trying to get home. The bank turned down my credit card and didn’t have enough time to run a different one, and so now I am waiting for my mother to wake up so that I can get her to try to book a flight online and pay for [...]
Sika | November 8, 2007
I just got back to Zomba from Dedza, where I was for 2 weeks for reconnect. Reconnect is also called In-Service Training (IST) and is the training we do after having been at site for 3 months (unless you’re me, and then you do it after a month and a half). The first week was [...]
Sika | April 27, 2007
Grandma Barbara making faces, originally uploaded by firesika. We’re in Anaheim now, having a grand old time. I spent the last week with my Aunt Ali, Uncle Dele, and their kids. Sofy told me that there was a new rule that Jesses aren’t allowed to leave the house. The punishment for violating this rule is [...]
