Just an Update
I was thinking about how I have been slacking a bit with my blog entries. I think I just get so busy with the day-to-day business and I think nothing HUGE has happened so I don't have something to write about. But my days are full and I could write a little about my daily activities.
I am still taking Swahili classes. We are on our third teacher and this is it...we have the right one. He is great. There are teachers and then there are people with a gift for teaching. He has a gift for teaching. He is the nicest guy too. He laughs at all our jokes and even tries to humor us at times...so sweet.
I feel a little better about Swahili...or maybe I am just used to everyone laughing at me that I just push on without letting it bother me. Either way I have a desire to learn the language and I am trying. Our African friends encourage us to speak in Swahili...then they laugh.
When Rita was here in October HWC purchased a van for us. We had the truck but now we have a van too. It is going to be perfect for transporting the kids when we get them. The van is an automatic so Jodie and I are very comfortable driving it. The truck is a 5-speed. Since I only drove an automatic in the U.S...Jodie too...we have not been able to drive the truck. But soon that won't be a problem. Jodie and I started driving school this past week. It is for two weeks and we are learning to drive the African roads in a vehicle that is about 40 years old. It looks just like one of the vehicles from the show MASH. The gears are so stiff. Our teacher says if we can drive this vehicle then we will be able to drive any vehicle. In Africa everyone drives on the left side of the road and the driver's seat is on the right side...so we are learning to drive the 5-speed with our left hand. :)
There has been a drought in Tanzania for over five years. We have electricty about 3-4 days a week because of it. But this last week it has been pouring rain...literally pouring. People here are so thankful...and it isn't even the rainy season. It has been nice to have the rain...it keeps the temps mild, but with flip-flops on I have been sliding in the mud like an ice skater. Everyday I thank the Lord because I didn't slip and fall even though I skidded pretty far.
I know I have written about the dirt and my feet, but now with all this rain there is a new dirty to my feet...the mud. Wow, the mud factor is more than I can explain on this entry. Mud really does have a way with making a mess. :)
This Sunday we are traveling to Massai land...I love going to Massai land. I am speaking at Pastor Mbasha's church...he is probably my favorite African here. I am excited to go back to his church. I enjoyed it so much the first time we went. After church Pastor Mbasha and his family invited us to his house. He is slaughtering one of his goats in our honor. I had goat in Massai land the first time I visited there...loved it! :)
I am still taking Swahili classes. We are on our third teacher and this is it...we have the right one. He is great. There are teachers and then there are people with a gift for teaching. He has a gift for teaching. He is the nicest guy too. He laughs at all our jokes and even tries to humor us at times...so sweet.
I feel a little better about Swahili...or maybe I am just used to everyone laughing at me that I just push on without letting it bother me. Either way I have a desire to learn the language and I am trying. Our African friends encourage us to speak in Swahili...then they laugh.
When Rita was here in October HWC purchased a van for us. We had the truck but now we have a van too. It is going to be perfect for transporting the kids when we get them. The van is an automatic so Jodie and I are very comfortable driving it. The truck is a 5-speed. Since I only drove an automatic in the U.S...Jodie too...we have not been able to drive the truck. But soon that won't be a problem. Jodie and I started driving school this past week. It is for two weeks and we are learning to drive the African roads in a vehicle that is about 40 years old. It looks just like one of the vehicles from the show MASH. The gears are so stiff. Our teacher says if we can drive this vehicle then we will be able to drive any vehicle. In Africa everyone drives on the left side of the road and the driver's seat is on the right side...so we are learning to drive the 5-speed with our left hand. :)
There has been a drought in Tanzania for over five years. We have electricty about 3-4 days a week because of it. But this last week it has been pouring rain...literally pouring. People here are so thankful...and it isn't even the rainy season. It has been nice to have the rain...it keeps the temps mild, but with flip-flops on I have been sliding in the mud like an ice skater. Everyday I thank the Lord because I didn't slip and fall even though I skidded pretty far.
I know I have written about the dirt and my feet, but now with all this rain there is a new dirty to my feet...the mud. Wow, the mud factor is more than I can explain on this entry. Mud really does have a way with making a mess. :)
This Sunday we are traveling to Massai land...I love going to Massai land. I am speaking at Pastor Mbasha's church...he is probably my favorite African here. I am excited to go back to his church. I enjoyed it so much the first time we went. After church Pastor Mbasha and his family invited us to his house. He is slaughtering one of his goats in our honor. I had goat in Massai land the first time I visited there...loved it! :)
posted by Lydia | 4:12 AM
2 Comments:
So is the gas pedal on the right or left? What about the brake? Just curious.
JoRo
WOW! I didn't know it was raining so intensely. That's a LOT of rain!
Freya
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