We ran out of water this morning, I'm almost deaf in my left ear, and it's not even a question as to whether or not I'll get lost on my way home from this internet cafe. Welcome back to Africa, Evan! I hope you're happy:) Well I am, despite the daily surprises. I am living with my teacher and her enormous family (I meet new members every day). School is going well- I am finally starting to grasp certain things, however small they may be. I am one of four students- the others being an older couple from New York, and a South African girl named Allison. Kiswahili is an extremely difficult language at the beginning because of it's seven noun classes. I won't get into detail here, but trust me when I say it's not the breeze I'd thought it'd be. It's all in God's timing though- as we say here, "Pole, pole!" slowly, slowly. We go on a field trip every week in order to see the island and learn different vocabulary we otherwise wouldn't. Last week we visited two former slave sites- one was an enormous underground cave that the Arabs used to keep the slaves until they were ready for transport to other countries. Today's trip was a bit more cheerful- we went into a forest and saw monkeys! (Not just any monkeys, but Zanzibar Red Colobus monkeys) I was serious about my ear though, so if you've had the pleasure of reading this far down, please pray that my ear aches will go away. Asante sana!