Neema, Anna, Pendo, Connie and Latifa joined Katy, myself and the rest of the children for a walk!
Katy fell, Eva fufued (farted) and no one could stop laughing! No one was hurt in the making of this photo . . .
We got rained out and the security guard for Shule Mungano allowed us to wait out the deluge in a corridor of the school.
Our beautiful little Anna LOVES to go for a walk, especially when we're going for ICE CREAM!
No complaining from Stephano . . . nor from Daniel below . . .
Returning home after ice cream, happy and sated . . . Mount Meru in the background.
Stopping to wash our feet in the river after getting stuck in the mud . . . Katy is lagging behind fishing malapas (flipflops) out of the mud!!
Glory, always the ham, STRIKES THE POSE!!!
Nelson, one of the young men I love most in the world gives his heart to Tumaini.
Oddo and Scola's new baby boy, Reuben Robert Oddo Ndonde. He doesn't look like Baba!!
I was honored with the privilege of naming Reuben, biblically meaning, "Behold a Son!", what Oddo secretly wished for to balance his family of two girls (Eliza and Ruthie) and now two boys, (with Chi, or Joseph). I explained that Reuben was the name of my Babu (grandfather) whom I loved very much at which point Oddo became very excited exclaiming that Reuben's nickname would be "Babu", after his and my grandfathers. Oddo's grandfather loved him so much, he kept him with him when Oddo's family left Songea and came to Arusha, fearing that, because of his limp (polio), children might be cruel to him. Oddo will tell you it was the greatest thing his Babu might have done, building confidence and eradicating any sense of victimhood in Oddo.
Mother (Scola) and Son
"Babu" Reuben didn't like the flash of my camera and is saying here, "shhh, I'm trying to sleep!"
A very proud Baba (father) and our children return from a trip to our local DREAM (AIDS) clinic in celebration of their anniversary . . . Katy and the rest of the children piled in the back of the truck.
My sister Pam and new and dear friend of Tumaini Bibi Janet visiting from Ohio, USA
Pendo is so happy to have one of her sponsors visitng . . .
"Holdem" was a gift to Tumaini from friends in Ohio . . . mmmmmmmmmmmasante!!
Happy birthdays to Teacher Winner, Latifa, now five and Liadi now four!!
Cutting their cakes!
And our birthday party master of ceremonies Raymond is getting over typhoid, contracted at school while he was writng his national exams. We all await the results!!
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