Ashley McCray volunteered in a hospital in Karagwe, Tanzania, for four weeks through the Pitt in Tanzania program. She assisted in the hospital’s maternity and pediatric clinic. She monitored and documented the growth of children from birth to five years old and compared their development to the global scale. The information that she gathered allowed her to complete a research paper about regional impacts on developmental growth. She also gained extensive exposure to ailments uncommon in western medicine, especially Malaria. Ashley learned how to administer HIV/AIDS examinations, neo-natal vaccinations, and properly chart child growth and development. Within a week Ashley became a friendly fixture in the Tanzanian clinic providing reassurance for frightened children and humor for ill mothers. Ashley felt at home right away, partly because she lived on the hospital grounds with the rest of her co-workers so she was at home! She played soccer with the neighborhood children and learned enough new tricks to hold her own against the doctors and lab technicians in a friendly scrimmage game. Ashley’s natural charm was welcomed and led to many long lasting friendships between her and the natives of Karagwe. On the weekends, Ashley attended various social functions including a co-worker’s traditional wedding, the Lutheran Bishop’s Jubilee celebrating 50 years of success, and a guided trip to a wild game park. Her adventures and epic trip did not end in Karagwe. Ashley and a few others from her abroad group went on a safari in three national parks including the world famous, Serengeti. Ashley had an amazing experience and is already planning her return trip to Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and visit her friends in summer 2015!