Zinza Writers' Workshop part 2

So, this "part 2" is simply for showing a few of my favorite pictures from the trip to the Zinza language area a couple of weeks ago.

First, this "bibi" (grandma) at the workshop was beautiful, very interested and, in my opinion, dressed exquisitely. A t-shirt with a skull encircled in fire, and a leopard print do-rag. Her name is Sarah and she used to help with the translation of Scripture into the Zinza language!

The beauty of clouds and nature exists everywhere, but there is just so much more nature here that I can't help but be awed by the beauty of this land everywhere I go. 

Traveling back to Musoma from Kome Island included 6 different modes of transportation: private vehicle, ferries (2), daladalas (2), taxis (3), buses (2), and a motorcycle. Traveling like this really encourages packing light, but a guitar is still worth bringing along on a trip, even if it means being quite squished in a daladala and sticking out a bit more than I already do.

Where does your washing machine drain to?

I am currently baby-sitting a washing machine for some friends that are in the States. This is a huge blessing because it is soooooo much nicer than having to hand wash all my clothes (granted, the house-help does do most of that work). Still I'll be sad when I have to say good-bye to this wonderful machine.

My house doesn't have much extra room so we converted the spare bathroom into the laundry room. The shower drain became the washing machine drain. It worked fairly well, most of the time.

Every once in a while a flood would occur. In the picture above you can see a small drain to the right of the washing machine. That drain would fill up and then water would spread out into the bedroom just outside the door. On Sunday this week I was almost late to church because I was mopping up a flood in the (thankfully mostly empty) bedroom.

So, we asked the fundi (repairman, pronounced 'foo-ndi') to come over and help us figure out how to get the drain to work properly so that there wouldn't be any more floods.

After a little examination the fundi decided that the drain was too narrow and it couldn't handle the pressure of the water from the washing machine...but thankfully there was another "drain" next to the washing machine that he thought could handle the pressure just fine.

So far the toilet seems to be able to adequately handle the pressure as the water drains from the washing machine. TIA.

*TIA = 'This is Africa'