Tuesday, July 13, 2010: Separate directions once again! Rod and Grant went to hold Bible studies in Usa River; Brad and Cody went to Nsuku; Corey stayed at the ACSOP because he was really, really sick; Danny, Cathy, and Vernetta were at Mondule; and the girls and rest of the ladies were holding a women's seminar at Arusha. The seminar was at the Arusha Church of Christ, and officially started at 9 AM. However, as nobody was there at 9 AM (as previously stated, time does not factor hugely in Tanzanian's life style), it started at 9:30. From my point of view, I would say it was quite a success! There were about 50 in attendance! The theme was women of the Bible. Cindy Williams gave the first lesson, which was on Rebekah (she and Ralph ... read more

Sunday, July 11, 2010: We spent the Sunday going in several different directions. Brad preached at Njiro, while Cody taught Bible class; Grant preached at Maji Ya Chai, and Corey accompanied him; and Rod preached at USA River, where the rest of our group went as well. Some miscommunications arose with our bus, so we arrived at 10:30, instead of 10:00, but Tanzanians don't worry too much about time. Now, Fariji Paul told us that there were about 20 children that went to Church there. I figured that some children would accompany their parents to the Lutheran, Pentecostal Churches, or to the mosque, but some would still come off the street. I estimated there would be approximately 75 kids. Wrong. TWO HUNDRED and FORTY KIDS came to church that day! I was shocked, although in a ... read more

Hello from Tanzania!! We arrived safely Monday night at 8:15 pm. I am so sorry I haven't posted anything, but this entry is the only thing I'll be able to do over here. :( :( Not to mention the pics won't work. (But don't worry. I've taken about a million--more or less--so I'll post them when I get home. I know it's not the same, but I suppose it's better than nothing!) I have no clue how many people we've studied with or how many tracks we've handed out. But we're keeping track on the blackboard, so I'll let you know when the campaign's over. I will say we had 220 kids in VBS today! All in one group! Talk about chaos when you hand cookies out, LOL!!! So, I hope y'all are all doing great, ... read more

Whew! I really apologize if anybody has been trying to look at my blog the past week and none of the pictures would come up. This time it is NOT my fault! I looked Tuesday and no pics would come up and I found out that the travel blog web site was trying to update and had lost all my pictures!!!!!! *SCREAMS* So, for the past week I have been reloading the pictures and retyping the entries. They are now all done ( I hope this time for GOOD!) and you can view everything. ---Hallie... read more

Wednesday, March 25/Thursday, March 26: Safari!!! Debra, Pam, Brad, Lauren, Mom and I went on a 2 day Safari. First we went to Manyara on Wednesday and then to Ngorongoro Crater on Thursday. Rod stayed and studied with more people at Maji Ya Chai (35 on Wednesday!). The safari (it means 'journey' in Swahili) was incredible! We saw such a different variety of animals. It's a lot different than seeing them in a zoo, too! Thursday we went to a Masai village. It was a little freaky...but very interesting! I have to steal Lauren's sentence when she told me, " I think God spent more time on Africa." When you see all the animals....the giraffe (my favorite), wildebeest, rhinoceros, and all the others, you can't help but think that God must have had a sense of ... read more