Blogs from Arusha, North, Tanzania, Africa - page 57

Happy New Year!! So many things run through our minds when we do the whole “new years resolution” thing, and reflect on what the past year has brought to us, and what we “vow” to change for the New Year. Why is that? I think it is because we are a people who are never quiet satisfied with who we are and what we are doing. I am too fat, too thin, too short, spend too much time at work, don’t spend enough time working, don’t spend enough time with family, spend too much time watching TV; and the list goes on and on. Some of us need that critical insight - some need tweaking, some need an overhaul! Our past year has been a BLURR! Our one and only son graduated, was accepted to college, ... read more

Enfin le départ pour l' expédition. Tout le monde de la maison, sont fatigués. Grand temps pour des vacances. Premier contact avec l' aéroport de Dar; j' ai oublié les consignes de sécurité, croyant peut-être qu' un vol intérieur ne nécessitait pas trop de vigilance ERREUR, bip bip ...oups! cela se termina par un couteau suisse, lime à ongles et deux coupes ongles, et un autre " bidule" suisse tranchant!!!! Jack s' arrangea pour que je récupère mes "gugus" dans une enveloppe transporter par le responsable de la sécurité..... normalement = Goodbye les gugus, cela prend le bord...!!! Je n' avais jamais utiliser un petit appareil (40 passagers environ) pour voler! Ultra trippant, j' ai vu l' île de Zanzibar, je dis ça ainsi car il en fait un bon bout de temps que je me ... read more

We have been so blessed by the work and the rewards of seeing the Lord's church growing steadily here in Tanzania! Here it is the holiday season back home and here we are ending the short rains and welcoming in the heat of the african summer... We just dropped off my family at the airport here on Saturday for their return to Texas, after enjoying a good visit and an early Christmas. The kids enjoyed having their Papa Gary, Julie's dad, and grandma Cindy here with us for a short visit. While they were here they wanted to take the kids out to see the animals for their Christmas break from school. So we took them out to the Ngorongoro crater. we had heard that this was a great time to go, with the animal migration ... read more

It's been a full week here in Tanzania! Monday Night we had our goodbye dinner for Cy & Stephanie as they were departing for the states on Wednesday for their furlough trip back home for the holidays. they will be greatly misses, but we know they will enjoy seeing their families again. Then, Wednesday, Brent was asked to come preach at the Kioga church of Christ, up the side of the mountain, where David & Paulina Bayi, and 2 of our guards, Emmanuel & Jonas, and then where old Blind man Moses lives. Brent and I have always loved this small congregation, and when we were here in 2002 they were just about 10 in number meeting together in Moses' little wooden home. Now they have a concrete building, that they have already grown out of.. ... read more

It's an exciting time of year here in Arusha. It's so hard to believe that it's already December 1st and we're begining a new Quarter at the church in Arusha for all the different classes. Carolyn Minja, Emily & I used some of the materials sent over on the container from Northport, to re-decorate the childrens classrooms and begin preparing for the month of December! We had a great time Wednesday afternoon working on trying to get things to stick to these concrete walls here in the downpour of 3 days rain... a difficult task, but double sided tape and good ol' masking tape seemed to do the trick for now (we'll see how much is still up on the walls come Sunday morning). I am going to be teaching the middle aged children's class and ... read more