My Timshel by Tamara Gonzalez Oberbeck
AN ADVENTURE WORTH WAITING FOR
A few people wrote to ask about the foot - I did not realize it showed up in the last post. This is a mop- really I am cleaning my floor with a coconut cut in half. Water is hard to come buy, so we rub the floor with a dry coconut and it scrapes... Continue Reading →
My alarm clock- no electricity needed
First of all we were hit with a cyclone and evacuated to headquarters- I will blog about it later but send prayers to the Malang people who have been affected. I am safe at the moment. “M”’s to Deal With I am somewhat reluctant to mention these next few things. Several people are excited to... Continue Reading →
not great but it is hard to know when I will have wifi next to post From left to right My toilet with a cover on it These steps were carved out by my house mother so I did not have to slide down this hill to get to class -she is my age!!! View... Continue Reading →
Lemur in a tree Rice paddie-we could not cross today for church and turned back Typical road traffic- I am passing on the right Women in rice field
Malagasy language has only 4 vowels and 21 consonants. It follows an English letter system and is phonetic. All the verbs start with the letter “M”. Sounds easy but it isn’t. All those M words blend together and are a mouth full. Manatanteraka-to finish, manasarotra – to make difficult, mihinana-to eat –so many... Continue Reading →
I have a lot of photos to down load but the internet connection is awful and I was not able to download. I hope to add them later My phone is not working at the moment and again I will hopefully get that resolved soon. From the time, I stepped on to a bus in... Continue Reading →
LET GIRLS LEARN!! I feel drained – sitting for hours on end with 52 bodies of anxiety, excitement, and fear whirling in a small conference room in Philadelphia. 49 under the age of 30 and 3 over the age of 60. All of us headed out to Madagascar tomorrow to help promote peace and understanding,... Continue Reading →
I finished watching a 2-hour documentary from Animal Planet called ” Madagascar Diaries.” The program simultaneously energized and terrorized me. And for just a moment I thought “What in the heck am I doing!” Madagascar is home to thousands of animals, insects, and plants that are only found in Madagascar. And let us not forget... Continue Reading →
My Timshel by Tamara Gonzalez Oberbeck 