As predicted yesterday, there was no class, or even work today! Nane nane (eight eight) is the national holiday that I was not informed of. So i hopped in the car that was going to Peramiho with Fr. Angelo driving, and my new friends Serina and Claudia from Italy, and Catherine from Uganda.
I got to go through the monastery in Peramiho under the guise of a Benedictine Apostolate...and that was a great experience! It felt like i was in Europe...because the monastery was built there by German Benedictine missionaries! it felt...clean compared to the rest of dusty Africa :) and one of the best parts of the day was when i got to have real coffee in the monastery reefectory! still working on a way to get the real thing brewed here in Hanga...
When we stopped in Songea for lunch on our way back the Olympics opening ceremony was on tv in the bar! I was excited...
the pictures are of the monastery church in Peramiho and their fish ponds! (Catherine on the left, Claudia on the right)
tomorrow i am headed back to Songea to hang out with some Peace Corps people. should be fun.
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I just wanted to comment on the picture of the tall monastery building - it reminded me right away of the elevator tower on the Quad - All this is missing is the IOGD (or mix of letters) on the side! :) em
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