Nee-ah-GAR-ah

It's been chilly here, even though we are only 3 degrees south of the equator.  We are about a mile high (think "Denver"), and July is the coldest month of the year.  I don't have a thermometer, but it feels like it has been dropping into the upper 40s at night.  Homes and schools aren't heated or insulated, so we bundle up to keep comfortable.

Mark has been wearing his hooded Niagara University sweatshirt regularly, and it always gets a reaction from the Tanzanians who see it.  They say that the word "Niagara" looks like an African word, and wonder where the university is.  Mark tells them that it's in America, and they can hardly believe it.  Then he explains that Niagara is a name from the Iroquois tribe that means "flowing water".  Tribes and tribal languages resonate with the people here, so then they understand.

And Nee-ah-GAR-ah?  That's how a speaker of Swahili pronounces "Niagara".