Tobie's Turn

Hi this is Tobie!

I have been very busy. I went to church today. I saw a friend that was a HeHe (a HeHe is a tribe here in Africa). His name is Noah and he is a student of my dad. He rode with us to church and rode home with us. They did a HeHe dance in church with bells and Noah did it with them. He was very good at it. It looks hard. They move their feet by stomping them and we all clap along.

Noah and Pastor Magova HeHe dancing

Last night we went to play Volleyball. This week we played soccer with all the kids that were there. I scored some goals but I think the other team scored more goals.

Me playing football

I have a new friend named Juma that I met at baseketball at the International School. He is from the United States and lives here in Iringa with his mom and dad. He came over to my apartment last week and we played games together. I taught him to play my new favorite game, CLUE. I am really good at figuring out the evidence.

What I will miss from Africa when I go home:

• Mangos
• Going to market and buying pineapple from Duma (the pineapple guy)
• Milkshake Tuesday (but we don't go to the Maasi guy beacuse the milkshake machine is broken)
• New friends
• Geckos in our apartment

Our friendly, gecko friend on our kitchen floor

I am excited to go home:

• Because I want to play in the snow
• To see my dog Casey
• To sleep in my bed
• And bring my elephants home (mommy already packed them)

What I will not miss from Africa when I go home:

• Rice
• Bumpy roads
• Leaky roofs

That is all. 
Tobie