BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN TANZANIA

What an amazing birthday. I can say it had some firsts involved in it. First of it was my first birthday in Tanzania. I did have to work, but the students made sure that they said "happy birthday" to me every time they saw me. Ali (one of my housemates) and the 4th graders also threw a party for me, before I had them for P.E. class. They had frozen juices, brownies, and popcorn.

Then another first happened in the evening. My housemates and a few other friends came over to enjoy dinner and some games. For the first time ever I had a personal chef come in and cook my birthday dinner. It was amazing. He came into our house and prepared and cooked everything. He made my new favorite food here, which is chips mayai. It is kind of like a french fry omelette. We also had some cabbage and other side dishes. The night was topped off with some cake and ice cream.

Overall I had a great birthday! Thank you to all those that were involved in it :) I am blessed to have great friends here to celebrate with and many friends back home who sent birthday wishes my way :)