It is common in Tanzania to:
· Have a 14 hour bus ride turn into an 18 hour one
· Preach at a church service
· Eat Chapati and Mandazi
· Go to a 3-4 hour church service
· Sleep under a mosquito net
· Hand wash your clothes
· See a dance performance in church for the offering
· Have children yell “Mzungu” (white person) at you
· Learn the language out of respect for the people
· Preach 5 times a day at different houses
· See a teenager cherish a simple piece of paper
· Use a red rimmed Bible
· See lizards all over houses
· Travel with 25 other people in a dolla dolla (a mini van)
· Eat beans and rice for lunch everyday
· Taste better pineapple and mango than anywhere else
· Meet someone named Goodluck
· Wash your hair under a spicket
· Drink a coke from a glass bottle from a tiny store along a dirt road
· Help put plastic in the windows during a rain storm
· Never touch Lake Victoria
· Watch more TV than you would have expected
· Prepare a “sermon” with a moments notice
· Experience some culture differences that are hard to take in
· Buy a konga/Katanga (African dress)
· Encounter someone with malaria
· Feel like a movie star from everyone wanting to touch you
· Have your hair touched as someone passes you
