I have made a lot of good friends here and thought I might as well introduce them to my friends and family from home. This is Rose, who you have heard a lot about and who I wouldn't be able to live without here. 
As I have said previously, she is my everything. She put up with me when I didn't know how to talk to her at all. I remember the first time I was with her alone and I was trying to explain I wanted to walk around the village with a GPS. I tried looking up every single word in my Swahili dictionary and eventually she said to me in English, "I know a little Bekah. You just tell me in English and we will work from there." Sometimes she is called Mama Casablanca (which is the name of my house) because for the past 5 years she has taken care of the students staying here. She has a lot of stories about the students I haven't even met, but now I feel like I know them from their presence going on through her stories. I will miss her a lot.
As I have said previously, she is my everything. She put up with me when I didn't know how to talk to her at all. I remember the first time I was with her alone and I was trying to explain I wanted to walk around the village with a GPS. I tried looking up every single word in my Swahili dictionary and eventually she said to me in English, "I know a little Bekah. You just tell me in English and we will work from there." Sometimes she is called Mama Casablanca (which is the name of my house) because for the past 5 years she has taken care of the students staying here. She has a lot of stories about the students I haven't even met, but now I feel like I know them from their presence going on through her stories. I will miss her a lot.And this is Jimmy. He is a guide at Ndarakwai and has been a great kaka to me for the past seven months. 
He knows English and has helped me enormously with my Swahili. Throughout my time here I have kept a list of words and questions to ask him every time I see him. He is a fantastic teacher and has been a wonderful resource and a huge help to my research. He likes to learn about everything under the sun, even grass- 
which he likes to talk about a lot and sometimes I just have to ask him to change the subject, even though I am impressed he knows all the scientific names of the grasses on the ranch. Also, he drives a pikipiki and is always willing to rescue me when I have problems with transportation. Many times he has accompanied me to town and showed me where to go for everything on my list. A huge help and a friend I will remember forever as my Tanzanian brother.
He knows English and has helped me enormously with my Swahili. Throughout my time here I have kept a list of words and questions to ask him every time I see him. He is a fantastic teacher and has been a wonderful resource and a huge help to my research. He likes to learn about everything under the sun, even grass- which he likes to talk about a lot and sometimes I just have to ask him to change the subject, even though I am impressed he knows all the scientific names of the grasses on the ranch. Also, he drives a pikipiki and is always willing to rescue me when I have problems with transportation. Many times he has accompanied me to town and showed me where to go for everything on my list. A huge help and a friend I will remember forever as my Tanzanian brother.Here is Francis. He is another guide at Ndarakwai who has helped me with Swahili. 
We enjoy listening to God songs together and I will always remember his listening to the "Revelation Song" and his excitement when I have him listen to a song I just discovered. I have enjoyed hearing many stories about his life growing up as a Masai as he kept me company at the tree house on various afternoons. He knows a lot and can talk about anything under the sun knowledgeably.
We enjoy listening to God songs together and I will always remember his listening to the "Revelation Song" and his excitement when I have him listen to a song I just discovered. I have enjoyed hearing many stories about his life growing up as a Masai as he kept me company at the tree house on various afternoons. He knows a lot and can talk about anything under the sun knowledgeably.It will be difficult to say goodbye, but the next few weeks hold an adventure of a different kind and one I can share with my mapenzi.
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