Poa! Cool!

I am officially in Tanzania! I think it really just hit me today even though I've been here since Thursday. Today, was the most culture we have seen since arriving in Africa. We went to a village called Lulenge where we met three amazing children's choirs and tons of Massai men and women. There must have been at least 300 people packed into one tiny little Church. We arrived there around 9:45am this morning, had tea, hung out, and finally began the Church service around 12:30...which lasted until 4:00pm. Woah, talk about a long service. Before the service began I played guitar with a Massai man. We couldn't communicate using words in our own languages but the language we spoke together was music. We took turn playing, singing to each other as well as teaching each other new things. It really shows the power of music. Two people of different cultures, different ages, different genders, on different hemispheres can come together through music. I get chills just thinking about it. I also had a chance to play for the kids. They were fascinated by the guitar. I don't think they had ever seen one before. They all wanted to touch it and make it play beautiful music. So awesome.

The Church service was very unique, I'm still not quite sure about what all went on because the service was in Swahili but it was still amazing. And I've never seen two chickens, three goats, two lambs, and one cow in a Church before today and it was pretty cool. The animals were auctioned off after the service to raise money for the Church and the community.

I ate goat. I ate goat twice. I also watched two goats get slaughtered. Once yesterday and once today. Yesterday wasn't that bad but today was...gross. Goat liver. Never in my life did I think I'd be eating goat liver.

This trip is so amazing. The hospitality of these people is incredible. The landscape is beautiful. The songs are breath taking. The faith, the love, and the sense of community is powerful.

It has been four days and I am in love with Tanznaia. God is so good.