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We had a few hours to kill in Kigoma because it was too early for dinner and few people wanted to go to Ujiji to see where Stanley met Livingstone. We therefore went to the central market. I was expecting something similar to Mwanza. After all, Kigoma's 30,000 people are as strategically placfed as Mwanza's 500,000. Just joking, but I thought Kigoma would have a smaller version of Mwanza's market. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Kigoma's market, in my opinon, is a real stereotypical "African" market. Kigoma Central Market is a cramped space, less than a quarter of an [View Full Entry]

hminion1219 - Henri Minion | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 696 words | [diary=300681] | 2008-07-16 21:23:35


Monday was a blast! We woke up early, ate a quick breakfast, then drove down to the place from which we would get the boat to Gombe Stream National Park. We got there rather early but had to wait for some men to "fix" the boat and buy petrol. We therefore returned to town to purchase a few provisions that we still needed. Our boat was just big enough for all 8 of us. The ride took just under two hours and we got to see some amazing things. Lake Tanganyika is crystal clear and gets deep quickly. As we left [View Full Entry]

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By hminion1219
July 13th 2008

Driving to Kigoma

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I've never been car sick before, but the 12 hour journey (13.5 if you count the hour and a half waiting for the ferry) to Kigoma certainly brought me close. I woke up at 5 in the morning (that was 10 in the evening on the East Coast) so that I could get some breakfast and finish the last-minute packing. All went fairly smoothly, especially given the fact that there was no running water! We intended to leave by 6 but were a couple of minutes late. For the fun (and long) trip, we had a 9-person Toyota Land Cruiser. I [View Full Entry]

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By ChimalaJason
June 18th 2008

At last an update!

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Levan’s first snake kill
Levan’s first snake kill
Actually he ran and left his sister behind!
Sorry that it has been so long since we have put anything on the blog. Things continue to go well here in Africa. We have just started our annual preacher’s seminar today which will last three days. We have an excellent turnout this year with about 50 preachers in attendance. I had the opening lesson this morning which dealt with sermon preparation. I believe the lesson went well, although we ran short on time. Last month we had our yearly WBS campaigns which lasted nearly the entire month. We worked with 7 different congregations during the campaign. Overall the meetings [View Full Entry]

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Malawi was fun, though very hilly, but then I didn't realise how hilly the Poloto mountains in Tanzania would be. There was an interesting 8km climb, which took a long time. Reaching the top all the school kids pilled out of class and whistling and shouting "dongle" or "dongler" they ran with me up the hill, laughing and joking. It really was an occasion to make me smile. Those little kids can really run. There has been a barrage of greetings and I try my best to wave back. Anyhow, Lake Malawi was quite beautiful and I took a wrong turning [View Full Entry]

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By ChimalaJason
April 1st 2008

March Newsletter

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Chimala Mission, Hospital, and Schools 5371 New York Avenue Arlington, Texas 76018 (817) 419-7909.Fax (817) 465-1416 Chimala Newsletter - Jason and Madesha Stapleton - March 2008 I hope this letter finds you doing well. I want to take a few minutes to update you as to how the work is going. Over the past few weeks we have busy working with the Simike congregation in the city of Mbeya (about an hours drive from the mission). During our time there we have spent several days going house to house as well as visiting some of the fallen Christians. As result [View Full Entry]

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Simike Meeting
 Finding Another Way Home
Matamba Filling Station

By Ziege
March 29th 2008

Dr. Livingstone

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Etwas unterhalb von Kigoma liegt das Doerfchen Ujiji. Vor 150 Jahren war dies ein arabisch gepraegter Handelsort, bedeutend fuer den handel rund um den Tanganyika See. Geblieben ist davon gar nichts. Heute leben dort Ziegen und Moslems. Wahrscheinlich waere der Ort in Vergessenheit geraten, wenn nicht ausgerechnet hier der Journalist Stanley auf den Forscher und Missionar Dr. Livingstone getroffen waere. Lezterer galt 3 Jahre als verschollen und wurde von ersterem gesucht. (geschah in der ersten Haelfte des 19. Jh.) Heute markiert ein Gedenkstein die historische Stelle, wo beide in englischer Hoefflichkeit ihren Hut vor einander zogen. An diesem Ort bekommt man [View Full Entry]

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By Ziege
March 29th 2008

Berichtigung

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Das Bismarck-Haus ist eigentlich gar nicht das Bismarck-Haus, sondern wurde ebenfalls dem Kaiser Wilhelm als Residenz zugedacht. Da haette er sich sicherlich gefreut, da es wirklich schoen anzusehen ist. ...von aussen, rein kommt man nicht. wens interessiert, schaut unter google, kaiser wilhelm, Kigoma, bilder. da das Internet so langsam ist, koennen wir euch leider keine Bilder hochladen. Um der Berichtigung noch das i-Tuepfelchen aufzusetzen, moechten wir erwaehnen, das der Lake Tanganyika nach dem "y" mit "i" geschrieben wird. [View Full Entry]

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By Ziege
March 29th 2008

Korsing Schweisstechnik

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An dieser Stelle moechten wir ausdruecklich der Fa Korsing Schweisstechnik/Coellnpark danken fuer den freundlichen Support von Kinderspielzeug. Ueber Jahre wurden von hier Kleinigkeiten zusammengetragen, die Tobi an Kinder in Tansania verteilen sollte/konnte/durfte. Dies oeffnete uns in sekundenschnelle tausend Kinderherzen. Zumeist handelte es sich dabei um Ueberraschungseifiguerchen, Plastikdoeschen und Aufkleber. Diese Kleinigkeiten finden gr. Beachtung unter den Kindern und loesen eine vielfach groessere Freude aus als dergleichen bei uns. Danke nochmal an alle Sammler! Korsing Schweisstechnik ist der bekannte Grosshandel fuer Schweisstechnik und Arbeitsschutz im Norden Koelns. Auch hier in Afrika begleiten mich (Tobi) tagtaeglich die strapazierfaehigen Arbeitsschutzschuhe und ermoeglichen mir einen [View Full Entry]

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By Ziege
March 27th 2008

Rheinhold Route

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Fuer alle, die unsere Ideen im Vorfeld zur Route kannten und die sich nun fragen, wann wir denn die Nachbarlaender besuchen, folgende Saetze: Leider, besonders an dich, liebe Catrin, schaffen wir es nicht mehr nach Sambia zu kommen. Hier liegt ein Schiff an, welches in 3 tagen ueber den Lake Tanganyka Sambia erreichen wuerde. Aus irgendwelchen Gruenden setzt es sich derzeit jedoch nicht in bewegung. Selbst wenn wir diese Gelegenheit mit dem Schiff ergreifen wuerden, ist das alles recht unsicher und wir waeren wahrscheinlich ewig unterwegs. Wir haben uns jetzt auf jeden Fall dafuer entschieden, auch nicht mehr nach Ruanda oder [View Full Entry]

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