http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , North en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 14:39:18 BST Mon, 12 May 2008 14:39:18 BST This entry has deleted itselfnot 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 D http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-274551.html What an amazing week wersquove 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 an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-273983.html TANZANIA MISSION REPORTBrent Julie Richardson PO Box 1727 Arusha Tanzania East Africaemail Brent JBrentRichardsongmail.com TZ phone011 255 755 539 399email Julie JulieRenae75gmail.com TZphone011 255 783 379 955Sponsoring Congregation Northport Church of Christ PO Box 333 Northport AL 35473THE BLESSINGS OF A GOOD DAY1 Corinthians 1618 For they refreshed my spirit and yours ac http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-273897.html 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 whyFirst of all my flights he http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-273805.html Greetings Grace and Peace to each of you. I know that this report is finding you a day later than normal after two weeks of dealing with the internet company we have had to settle for the fact that we are just not going to have reliable internet with them any time soon. What does that mean For us it primarily affects the web site. We have decided to suspend it for a time until the problem is http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-273798.html Hey EveryoneI have been sitting on this entry for a few days now hoping I would get the whole picture shida problem figured out but every time I try to add a photo my computer shuts down completely. Go figure. Soooo I decided if this entry is going to be relevant I'd better post it today since it IS Saturday.Just wanted to share in my excitement and anticipation. I am excited about Sunda http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-273555.html Greetings Grace and Peace to each of you. I know that this report is finding you a day later than normal after two weeks of dealing with the internet company we have had to settle for the fact that we are just not going to have reliable internet with them any time soon. What does that mean For us it primarily affects the web site. We have decided to suspend it for a time until the probl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-273246.html Hi everyone. just to let you know that i got back safely for the people who are obviously interested. sorry if you are not but this is the easiest way to get in touch with people.i will keep in touch and be on the old letter writing soon. i hope you are all well and once i have internet set up i will be doing individual emails.be in touch soon hope you are all well.with love and peacekatiexxxxwill http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-272717.html Itrsquos funny the things you learn about yourself through the eyes of your children. I hadnrsquot noticed that we used this phrase as much as I guess we do day in and day out but Gracie made me a picture the other day that said ldquoThis is Africardquo otherwise known as TIA Our household motto And wersquore finding that itrsquos a much broader used term than we realized. The o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-272224.html Today Julie and I got up and decided to go into town just the two of us. We needed to get some groceries and run some errands. So we went by the grocery store and then we drove around Moshi for about 20min just to take some pictures around town. After we were finished with all the things on our list we started to headed back home. But then we remembered an African lady we met at a Birthday party http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-272178.html I totally forgot to tell you in the blog I just sent out that we are switching to GMAIL. We will be keeping the AOL email up and running for a while until everyone gets the new one on their computers. We just have so much trouble connecting to AOL all the way over here for some reason.SOOOO ... the new emails areshastagailgmail.com anthonyebrown1gmail.com IF any of you have more than one http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-271499.html Someone asked me yesterday ldquoWhen was the last time you sent out a blogrdquo I had to think but then realized it was almost a month ago. So sorry guys I have fallen down on my job of keeping you informed of what we have been doing. Let me get to it and get some pictures on this thing for you so you can see us and have something to do today HA We wouldnrsquot want you to be b http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-271437.html Today started off with Anthony and Shasta Brown and Sean Hochdorf coming over to the house. They brought some wood from Arusha for Brent to cut with his new tools so they could build some shelves for the house. The Samfordrsquos one of the missionary families here got their container from the states and the Richardsonrsquos had some supplies on the container as well. Most of it consiste http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-271434.html Dearest BrethrenI thought it might be time to update my blog Until now internet for us has been very hit or miss. However I believe we have the bugs worked out and it will be a little more reliable. Most of you have been keeping up with us via our report or Race. As you know we are still waiting to hear something about the work permit. Your prayers are very much appreciated and we know they w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-271269.html Hello all Hope all is well with you. Sorry for the delay for those that are botheredSo after heading back to my cousins in Benalmadena Spain after Morocco i lived the life of luxury for a few days eating plenty drinking too much and having the use of things like washing machines I think it was a good decision though got loads of admin bits sorted and Morocco will still be there an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-270932.html Wow I can hardly believe that it has been a month since I made a post on our travelblog. We have been so busy it has been hard to find the time to stop and think and write. Some of happenings of the past monthApril 9 a few of the ladies met at my house for a devotional before our regular Wed. afternoon services. Then on the 12th the ladies met for their monthly gettogether at the building http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-270601.html If We Faint Nothellip. Consider the ever changing faces of the harvest fields how the seasons determine the farmerrsquos plans the time for planting and the time for sowing for reaping and the work and the effort put into each crop that can vary from place to place. How life changes so drastically between the dry and rainy season here in Tanzania How the lack of harvesters may actuall http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-270278.html Ah Kilimanjaro. Can any other mountain claim such an evocative name Or to have inspired so many poets paintings and songs with bad lyricsThese are photos no text at this stage of a climb my sister and I did in December 2007 via the Lemosho route. Put away the Coca Cola jokes we hardly saw other trekkers for the first three days. And yes we made it to the top pole pole. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-269505.html I love going to the Nursery School every Tuesday to see the children. Walking into the school as they all begin to yell ldquoGood morning teacherrdquo it just melts your heart away. To watch them want to learn and grow so much everyday. Then to see them accomplish that goal and the joy on their faces when they have learned something new. I like seeing Gracie play with all her little Africa f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-269404.html These past three months have been the most life changing. I have seen God answer prayers before my eyes seen Him lead me to verses I desperately needed and shown me who I am when I stand firm in His promises. I knew coming to Africa would change me but I never imagined how much. The past week God has given me such a peace in my heart about my future. I have fallen madly in love with my Father Cr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Musoma/blog-268517.html MoshiMnt.Kilimanjaro23.02.08Heisann alle slitere.Da er vi endelig ferdig med Mnt.Kilimanjaro..a neidet var faktisk ikke a walk in a parkBorre sitatEtter Zanzibarkom vi hit til Moshi Afrikaforsinka flydvs kun 8 timerfrastjelt leatherman av flypersonell et par timer venting pa buss pa natterstid in the middle of friken nowhere..JaMoshi jaen liten by paa foten av kilimanjaro som er http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-268241.html We've been looking back over the many faces that have passed through our lives here in Tanzania over the past 6 years.... from 2002 to 2008Philippians 13 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of youSo many of you are more than friends but our extended family abroad And we love and cherish each and every one of you.Your faithfull support of this work and our family through the years and the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-267785.html Well we're finnally back from our island adventure and I'm here with 3 hours booked at the internet cafe to among other things tell you about the many mysteries of Tanzaniarsquos east coast and Zanzibar The Tanzanian Spice Island.Day 1 wet and wild funThe night Before we left we had a kickass pool party courtesy our new best friend Hiner High energy German guy who manages a ritzy hotel near http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Arusha/blog-266372.html This year we're calling spring break a different name. We're calling it Easter holidays mainly because it's not spring time here in Tanzania so the other more common name wouldn't make sense So for our Easter Holidays this year we went on a road trip to the north of Tanzania. It all began early Saturday morning with cinnamon rolls breakfast burritos and juice over at Cody and Nor http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/blog-266001.html APRIL marked the 1 year Anniversary for the Train the Teacher's Workshop for the Ladies in Moshi This past Saturday we had our monthly Train the Teachers workshop at Moshi the ladies gather together to share in teaching techniques and ideas to help build up the children's Bible classes and the ladies abilities to teach them. While we were few in number this month it was still a wonderful http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-265968.html Hey everyone Sorry it has been taking so long to get another blog out but we have been busy lately. Also the internet has not been working the past week. The Muslims decided to put a cell phone tower on top of the mosque down town and it knocked out our internet server. That got resolved so internet is back on for now. This travel blog is of the Ladies class we had this afternoon Saturday. Jul http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-265692.html Hey everyone. Hope everything is going well. This week we went to the Ngorongoro Crater and The Serengetti where the lion king was based on It was amazing one of the highlights of the trip. Inside the crater was what i imagine goign to whipsnade zoo would be like with animals walking amongst each other in seeming peace. Within minutes we had seen zebra gazelle wildebeast and buffalo and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-264715.html Here is another update with some photos EnjoyIt is honestly getting down to my last days here and I am feeling it. I am torn between the life I have become to love and the world I have grown up in. There are things I love and hate about both. I am feeling nervous and anxious about going back home. I won't have a home so I will be staying with friends and although I am thankful to have friends http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Musoma/blog-264595.html My team mates and I are currently putting on a week long VBS for the kids since school is on break. We are exactly at the middle and it seems to be going ok. It's very hard for us to plan since a lot of our stories and the materials that we brought don't really translate. We have been spending time sharing our testimonies and doing sermons along with playing games and doing worship. On Sunday the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Musoma/blog-262972.html Well After a long busy month we decided to slow things up a bit and focus on our kids and the family. Getting the house back in order having a ldquodownrdquo week so to speak we had planned on taking the kids away to go camping again which we seem to do about once every 3 or 4 months or so but itrsquos the kids favorite get away Camping was the planhellip Flat tires seemed to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Moshi/blog-261070.html