Salaam Alekeuym, friends!  I realized as I looked at my xanga that I had last updated in a previous life.  Really.  Since pictures are worth a thousand words (and I will, Insh Allah, be in Kenya for New Years :) ), here are several thousands words about my life.

I live here (middle floor, shared with 3 other women)

With these people (there are more people, but we're the ones who live in the office/apartment area):

I teach these kids, and several more, actually:

Aren't they cute??

One of my students lives in cardboard and tarps, here:

And this is what I look like when I go out in public (only, I'm supposed to probably cover my head a little more and not show my hair):

Ma9a Salaama!