Hey Fellow Americans!

Hey Fellow Americans!

Today we switched it up a little bit and decided to cut the workday short and came back to camp before lunch. At Banjika, we played fun games in the morning with the kids and then made more bricks. As usual, we had our chai time :-) and continued our collaboration with the students from Banjika. We taught them the Harkness method and used it to converse about success and leadership in both America and Tanzania. It was cool to hear about various personal models of leadership as well as discuss what success means and how to achieve it. Many students from Banjika and Ensworth shared their ideas and we were surprised at how similar they were. One boy from Banjika, Zachariah, was talking about achieving success and said, “When someone tells you that you cannot do it, put your fingers in your ears and say ‘I can do it, I can do it.’ Everyone was really touched by his statement. It was awesome to see how open the Banjika students were when talking about something that seemed so different in two different cultures. After the discussion we walked back to camp, ate lunch, and everyone crashed. This trip has been a very eye opening experience for everyone. The home stays really touched Carly and I because we never truly realized how fortunate we are for the way we live. We’re so thankful we had the opportunity to come on this trip with this great group of people. We have all learned a lot about each other and ourselves, and shout out to our leader Suz for being awesome and opening our eyes to new experiences. We love you guys and can’t wait to see you at BNA in a couple of days. Stay classy fam.

Carly and Caroline :o