I have arrived!

Right now there are monkeys (no joke) outside my window hooting...crazy. I have arrived!! The trip here was pretty uneventful. One cool thing was my first flight to Ethiopia was 95% Christian missionaries. A few teams, a few rogue individuals like myself, all of us on our way to serve in Africa. It got me hyped for my trip and excited to see so many others stepping out in faith (also relieved because I felt our plane was sufficiently covered in prayer) =P
It was beautiful to see Mt. Kilimanjaro from the plane (took pics) and the drive in was amazing. Everything is so lush (sunflower fields and beautiful exotic plants) against the mountains. My driver did have a laugh at me when I tried to get into the "passengers" side of the car (which is the drivers side here) and then was very nervous about us driving on the left side of the road. Thanks for your prayers for safe travels as I almost didn't get picked up. They thought I was suppose to arrive tomorrow. But, thankfully (Praise God!) my ride called the airport to confirm my flight! The Tanzanians were so nice anyway...they gave me phones to call the orphanage and by that time my ride had arrived with my visa.
Right now I have 2 roomies, two college age girls (feel like I am in college again, dinner was a peanut butter sandwich). I have my own room (for now) and bathroom. There is an Australian couple living on the compound volunteering as well (just not living in our building). They all seem very nice and welcoming. More volunteers will be arriving in the next week or so but am happy about how friendly everyone has already been.
I met the babies! They (over 30 of them) are so sweet. The toddlers all climbed on my lap (had 4 on me at one point) and are super cute. I even changed my first poopy cloth diaper (well attempted until the nannies laughed at me and took over). Anyway, day one was great!
Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement! Check the blog often for updates!

Okay, time for bed (jet lag stinks)!
Love,
Jess