April 27 was my first date to leave Tanzania. Eleven weeks have passed. The original plan was to spend only 6 weeks at RVCV; now I'm signed up for 14, and I wish the time would pass more slowly! I thought when this day came, I'd be starting to feel sad about my approaching departure, but I feel so well adjusted and have so much fun with the kids that there's no reason to spend time worrying about leaving.
Here is a favorite moments of the past few days:
Gabriella and I spent about thirty minutes playing "kimbia" this weekend..our special game, that doubles as the game almost all little kids play with any willing adult.
It starts out like this: I run away from her in a goofy trot, eventually spin around to face her, drop to the ground, and throw my arms open. She looks at me, waiting, as if to say 'what's the magic word?' and I sweetly shout, 'tafadalhi?' (please?) She looks satisfied, and comes barreling towards me, with a HUGE grin on her face, jumps into my arms, kisses me on the cheek and we hold each other tight. Then she pulls back, looks at me and goes, "KIMBIA!" (Run!) You can guess what happens next.
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