Chop Wood, Carry Water

When I first stepped out into the city of Mombasa I felt a great sense of dread and overwhelming anxiety. Mombasa is a small island, but literally has about 4 times as many people as the entire state of Idaho. It has a constant buzz about it where it never seems like people never stop moving, and things never quiet

I had a fifteen hour plane ride from DC to Ethiopia, in which I was the lucky girl who was seated in a spot with a broken TV and a broken light. When we finally arrived in Ethiopia the entire plane was nervous because we were over a hour late, and we had connectors to catch. I tried to comfort