HallieKate

Thursday, July 8, 2010: "Hii ni siku ambayo Bwana imefanya, mimi kufurahi na kushangilia ndani yake!" ("This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.") This morning, we were served fry bread with our team and it was yummy!!! Then we headed out for the day. Cindy Williams came with us. And a little old man, with a huge smile, came with us today. His name was Ellyrahema. The first Bible study we had was in a house that was approximately 12 ft. by 12 ft. and I am not joking. That was the entire house. A bed took up most of the house, and Mom, Katherine, Cindy, Paulina, myself, and the 4 inhabitants squeezed in a space that was about 4 ft. by 12 ft. I say ... read more

Monday, July 5, 2010: A bit (OK, lot) of disappointment today. We actually learned about it last night. Cy said he had both good and bad news for us. Bad news: You now had to purchase a work permit to do anykind of work--including evangelical--in Tanzania. Good news: We were able to attain some. Bad news: They don't take effect until Tuesday. Soooo Monday we could not work. Except for Danny, Cathy, and Vernetta. They went to the medical clinic in Monduli to set up their medical stuff. Danny and Cathy are both dentists, and will be working on....teeth! Wow! Haha. Vernetta is going to assist them. So the rest of us went to Mt. Meru Carver's Market (Mafia Alley) and Saif's, and got money exchanged. That night, some of the Christians from TZ fixed supper ... read more

Friday, July 11, 2010: Our day started out mostly as normal--as normal as you can get in Africa, anyway! We went back to David & Margaret's house, and studied with the three women, and we also went back and studied with MamaCarey. When we got back for lunch, there was Brad and he had two people to baptize! But there was no sign of Cody. Mom was kind of freaking out, when Brad said he left Cody up on Mt. Meru with only William (preacher at Maji ya Chai)! For class today--our attendance was down to 110 --we did the story of the Good Samaritan. We acted it out, too, to the kids amusement. Poor Katherine got "beat up." :) We handed out colorful band-aids, too, and the kids LOVED them! That may be unfathomable to ... read more

Wednesday, July 7, 2010: Hey everybody---we are wearing jackets over here!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope y'all are enjoying July in the states, because when we head out in the morning it's around 60 degrees F!!!! Yep, we're wearing jackets for the majority of the day. Of course, we take them off in the afternoon, when the heat climaxes to 75 degrees. The day started out the same, folding tracts, singing a hymn, etc. Then we headed out. We held a Bible study with two women named Sylvester and Angela, outside in their open courtyard. Then we went back to MamaCarey's house and studied with her. After lunch was incredible. The day before, I had made a nice little speech to the kids about how glad we were that they came, and to come back tomorrow and bring their ... read more

Saturday/Sunday, July 3/4, 2010 Starting point: Reydon, Oklahoma Destination: Kisongo, Tanzania, AFRICA! After weeks of counting down, the day was finally here when we embarked upon our journey to Africa!! We all arrived at the OKC airport Saturday morning and got our baggage checked and everything, and said goodbyes. Went through security, waited for what seemed like ages, then boarded a plane to Minneapolis/St. Paul. We arrived there around 2 PM, and had lunch. Then we got on this bbbiiggg plane :) and flew across the ocean. We flew all night, during which I got no sleep, because certain persons who accompanied us to TZ were playing cards all night and were not exactly quiet. We arrived at Amsterdam, Holland, in the morning. I can't exactly tell you the hours, because we went through so many ... read more