Arrival

In the daily frenetic pace of North American life, my writing here has been set aside for five years.  Perhaps that is part of the motivation for my current endeavour: I am living and volunteering in Maji ya Chai (River of Tea), Arusha region, Tanzania for several weeks.
I am here to teach and to help with development of a free primary school for children who would otherwise have no access to education.  But I am here to learn as well; as with most things in life what one gives one receives back amplified and enhanced.  In a few short days here, I have been welcomed and embraced by a nation of warm, generous, patient, and enduring people.  I will struggle to find words to capture this interaction - it is far removed from the insular and self-absorbed world with which I am familiar.
Peace and serenity,
Scott