Week In Mwanza

We have, for the past week, been in Mwanza, about a 3-5 hour trip from Geita, depending on when you can catch the ferry. It's only about 100K, but sometimes road trips just take some time here.  We've been staying with Jason and Emily Miller, members of the Mwanza team, who always graciously allow us to stay with them whenever we want, and even cook for us.  

We've spent the week running errands before we move to Geita next week.  We spent 2 days pricing and buying a few appliances: oven, washing machine, refrigerator -- it's nice to know we can actually live when we move into a house.  We also got some minor repairs done on our truck. We don't have a mechanic yet in Geita, so we get have to get that stuff done here.  We got some paperwork done for insurance, applied for a post office box, went to the dentist, and bought some food-type supplies for Geita.  Friday we packed up all the Groen's things that they are moving to Geita from Mwanza -- furniture, etc.  So it's been a pretty full week.  

I forgot how hot most of Tanzania is.  When we first moved here, we all sweat all the time, but after a month or so, started to get used to it until we moved to Iringa for language school, where it was cold.  So now, moving back up to the Lake area, we have to get used to it all over again.  I'm thinking being pregnant makes it worse.  I don't really have a way to test this theory though, as I can't be pregnant and not pregnant at the same time to compare.  I think Geita will be slightly cooler, at least.  That's probably why there are hoards of pregnant women hanging out there....