Blogs from Arusha, North, Tanzania, Africa - page 6

'The unit is power!' Thatwas the motto for our group while we were on our safari, first voiced by Jacob, one of our guides. We met up with our whole group after breakfast at the Karama Lodge. There were eleven of us all together, with Liam and I being the only non Brits. Our first day we drove to Lake Manyara national park and had an afternoon game drive. We saw a bunchof elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos,and other animals, but no lions. We were kept awake for a bit the first night by some possessed, manaical cats,but for the most part it was peaceful. Our second day we drove up the escarpment of the Rift Valley and made our way to the Serengeti. On the way we stopped to look over the rim of the Ngorongoro ... read more

Today was our first Lord's Day of the new year and our last Lord's Day in this part of Tanzania. We chose to go to the Monduli congregation today. A few days ago the preacher there indicated he would like for us to come and say goodbye to the congregation. We gladly went there to see the brethren and bid them farewell. George preached the morning lesson. Afterward, an older man gave some parting words and then the congregation sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" in Swahili. This evening we had one more bible study with our neighbors. It's a big tug on our hearts to leave them at this point. They are very attentive bible students and want more. We will do our best to hook them up with someone here to ... read more

The vacation part of my African adventure have been on a week now, and I'm loving it. Liam arrived a little after midnight on the 24th, and it was unreal getting to see him again. We spent several minutes at the airport just grinning at each other. We stayed in Mombasa for 3 days to help Liam get over jet lag and to see the sights. Our hotel was right down the road from the old Portuguese stronghold, Fort Jesus, so we walked down to check it out. It was built in 1593 by the Portuguese, and it its long history it has also been held by the Arabs and the British. The fort was turned into a museum and national monument soon after Kenyan independence, so now people can go and look around it. We ... read more

Here I am @ Kilimanjaro airport ready o board! long hot day very stressful after hearing that heathrow is closed due to the weather conditions! hopfully it'll be open in the morning so i can cath my flight to madrid! i can't wait go get home and see my family! nother sad day cause i had to say goodbye to gorgeous Jason, a great friend! he is moving to Hong kong!! Life won't be the same in Arusha after he leaves!!! have to board! love and MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!! CHRISTMAS NJEMA! ... read more

Hi Another interesting week in Arusha! Last Thursday i met my friend Mati (who runs a safari company called Amigo Safaris and her partner Fredi) for dinner We never really have time to meet and also we are all very short of money but we made an effort and met at Via Via. They had never been there in the evenings but had heard a lot about thursday nights there. Well, we met there @ 7 expecting it to be an early night. We sat at a big table, something I never ever do..but I did!we ordered a drink and started to talk about the children, orphanage, projects etc; a while later a guy just sat on the same table quite close to us; we were speaking in Spanish and the guy turned out to be ... read more

Our work with the Andrew Connally School of Preaching has been rewarding. I am especially thankful to have been the teacher for such vital classes as Homiletics I and II, The Preacher & his work, Personal Evangelism, Marriage & Family, Romans & Galatians, Missions, and Minor Prophets. Other classes I have taught to previous graduates have included: Isaiah, Luke, and Greek I. The eight men, who came to us from various places in Tanzania and Kenya, have studied with great diligence. Following my last instruction day with these students, they all filed into the Land Cruiser, and came to our home. Joy and Lindsey had prepared a wonderful meal to honor their upcoming graduation. We enjoyed a nice visit while the meal was receiving final preparations. It is interesting to know that depending upon where a ... read more

We went yesterday to measure the plot for the orphanage; Sandra was still here and she wanted to measure it so she could start designing the plans and between Jose and her they measured it; it is not as big as we first thought but it is enough to accomodate 20 orphans. The view are just amazing! from any angle you can overlook the magnificent Mt Meru. I could not find a better place to offer a good home to the children. I met Sunday, a 1.5 years old orphan; his mum passed away in July and the father ran away, something very commom here! His blin grandmother is taking care of him...well, i do not see how so their neighbours give the a hand! he is going to be the first orphan in CPF ophanage! ... read more