Lions and Beaches and Babati, oh my!

Since the last time I wrote on here:
I went on an awesome safari where I got to see all kinds of crazy animals
I finished up a successful program in Kisongo ward where we tested hundreds of people for HIV and taught thousands.
I went to a place called Paradise (Peponi in Kiswahili) for 2 amazing nights of camping on the beach and waking up early only to lounge in a beachside hammock. Paradise? Absolutely.
I got to go to Dar es Salaam and hang out with my old friend Mershil for an evening.
I then returned to Zanzibar, still the most beautiful place I've ever been, and traveled to the east side of the island to a place called Jambiani, in a resort run by some really chill Rasta men. Paradise continued.
I then flew back to Arusha (I was planning on taking a bus but booked a last minute flight because I couldn't bear leaving Zanzibar any earlier than I had to).

And now I'm in Babati, the town I lived in last year. We're doing a program about an hour and a half's walk outside of town in a place called Singe Ward, which is beautiful, green, and hilly and has awesome views of Lake Babati. I live in a spa-colored house (greenish light blue for those of you who don't know my sister Jeanne) with pomegranate and papaya trees in the yard. I could not be more excited to live and work in this area again.

Thanks for reading!