Today we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary, and we expect it to be a memorable one.
We arrive at our pick up point at 7:30am, before we head out to the village of Kilungu. It is about an hour’s drive outside of Tabora in the middle of nowhere. The team travelling today;
Me – Driver and who knows what else when we get there
Armorel – Baby Injection Nurse
Dr Ruth – Doctor
Mama Ndogo – Antenatal
Elizabeth – Pharmacy
Ezekiel – Lab
What a fun, but exhausting day.
Set in beautiful surroundings we come across these buildings, which will be our base for the day. I had now been informed that I would be receptionist for all patients. 90% who only speak their local dialect.
Armed with pen, paper, actions and a few key words off I set. I was doing well and only made a few mistakes, and only got completely confused once. 
You would do to if someone aged about 20 said they were 112!
It was a quiet day for the Dr clinic so was soon recruited to the baby building. A small mud hut, where I was put to work weighing babies. We weighed 114.
What fun! Even when they screamed because a white man was holding them. I had a beautiful moment weighing a 27 day old baby and then holding her for 10 minutes while her mum was being spoken to. The local ladies found it hilarious, white man holding tiny black baby.
A real good days work!
Exhausted we headed out for a romantic dinner to celebrate our anniversary. We had 7 waiters just for us, because as you can see the place was empty.
A memorable day!
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