Millie in Tanzania 2017

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”  ―  Terry Pratchett ,  A Hat Full of Sky Hello again!  I must say I have been doing an ok job of making sure that I blog at least once every few weeks.  The worst thing is having too much time go by and then having to catch up or forget whats happened! Well lets see here, the past few weeks I've been putting a lot of work into helping draft our organization's official statements to the UN's upcoming convenings on the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Population and Development.  It has been super fun to be a part of the collaboration and to know that some of my words (even if just a few) will be read by global leaders and might make a difference somehow.  I was very intimidated when I start...

"Fitting in allows you to blend in with everyone else, but being different allows you to be yourself, to be unique and to be more creative." - Sonya Parker Howdy again!  Wow, this past week really flew by.  Probably because I was out and about during the week for a work conference.  Now here it is Sunday already and wow what an exciting week it has been!  I'm really looking forward to sleeping good tonight--it has been nonstop go, go, go! Well lets see what happened this week?  Hmm as I previously mentioned last week I was invited to church.  This wasn't the church I was used to either 1 hour of sitting, standing, kneeling catholic style.  Oh no, this was Tanzanian Church, the kind that lasts ALL day.  I arrived at 8 am and left at 1 pm during a break--as church usually goes until 4 pm here--it's an all day affair :)  I was honored to be invited by my new friend Simon, he is Gill and I's regular bajaje driver and a really nice guy.  ...