Well, I have to say, Noel and I debated about going to Zanzibar before Kenya, and we are glad we came! Although it is rainy season, the weather has been absolutely wonderful for us here in Zanzibar. We stayed in a little village on the East Coast of the Island called Jambiani. The villagers were all very nice people, and the children absolutely adorable. We stayed in nice little bungaloes on the beach, with kids playing in between them, cats coming to chill out, and goats eating our plants. Truly marvelous. On our first day we went down to the South [View Full Entry]

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We've had a variety of things going on the last couple of weeks. One of the things I'm doing this month is teaching the small children's Bible class. The students range from about 18 months to approximately 6 or 7. I really enjoy teaching these little ones; it has been quite a while since I've taught this age. The ladies have it set up where the same teacher teaches for a month, and so I volunteered to teach the small class during the month of May. Last Sunday I taught a class on "Jesus Wants Us to Be Good Workers". We [View Full Entry]

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On the 25th of July my boyfriend Snorre and I will fly off from Norway, destination Nairobi. We have 8 days, which include a safari in the Masai Mara area before we fly to Zanzibar for 13 days of picture perfect beaches and aquarium-like snorkeling. Time left: Updates will come right here as soon as we get down there. [View Full Entry]

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This past week has been a busy week. Brent and I started it off with a day of evangelism in Marangu Mwika. Us along with about 10 members from the Moshi congregation drove up the mountain to evangelize to the people of Marangu. It is about a 45min drive for us to get to the village. When we arrived we divided up into our teams to go out and set up some Bible studies. My team was 3 of the African ladies from the church, Abigail, Elizabeth, Teresa and me. So of course the whole time we were walking from [View Full Entry]

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This workshop business is exhausting. The moment we get back from dinner I lie down and go to sleep, sometimes unintentionally. Last night Sophie and I were lying in our beds and heard a tap dripping really loudly and rather than walk the 6 feet to the bathroom to investigate we decided to shirk our environmental responsibility and just pass out. The electricity has been really unreliable for the past two days, and without the white noise of our fan I was woken up fairly early by the call to prayer from the mosque in town. It's funny how you become [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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What an amazing week we’ve had! From start to finish, everything that has come our way this week in particular has been an encouragement and a blessing! As a family, we sat and talked about what all has been going on this past few months, and tried to draw together the things which strengthen our spirits and encourage us individually, what are those things that just make your day brighter and let the Love of the Lord fill you from your head to your toes! Across the board it was when we find ourselves doing for others, that we feel the [View Full Entry]

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**This entry has deleted itself/not published about ten times (actually only 4), so here is my last desperate attempt to publish it two days after it was written. I have found wireless internet, and am able to work on my lap top. The good news is that it is faster than almost all the dial up connections in town. The bad news is that I can no longer blame my typos on the keyboard, and someone in Dubai is probably stealing my identity. When I log on it takes me to Google Nigeria. Enough said. We have moved into a hotel [View Full Entry]

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As a disclaimer, I managed to find the only disfunctional keyboard in the internet cafe, so please excuse creative punctuation and spelling - some keys are missing or not working. The shift key is also MIA and this capslock business is seriously slowing down my creative energy. Ah well. The title to this entry is different than originally planned - read on to see why! First of all, my flights here were uneventful. This is almost unheard of...in fact many people who fly with me once refuse to do so a second time. Between massive delays, lost luggage, and terrorist threats, [View Full Entry]

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TANZANIA MISSION REPORT Brent & Julie Richardson PO Box 1727 Arusha, Tanzania East Africa email: Brent - JBrentRichardson@gmail.com TZ phone:011 255 755 539 399 email: Julie - JulieRenae75@gmail.com TZphone:011 255 783 379 955 Sponsoring Congregation: Northport Church of Christ, PO Box 333 Northport, AL 35473 THE BLESSINGS OF A GOOD DAY! 1 Corinthians 16:18 "For they refreshed my spirit and yours: acknowledge ye therefore them that are such." At first the title may sound a little bit rhetorical, but do we really know the blessings of the good days? In my case, I think that I may have forgotten to remember [View Full Entry]

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