Dodoma
I have not written a blog in such a long time. It was not my intention to let so much time go by without writing an entry...time just went by so fast.
In the last two months so many things have happened. I am not sure what to write about first. I think I will write about what comes to mind first when I think about the past two months...
During the second week of May I traveled with Pastor Mbasha and his wife Janet to Dodoma...a city 10 hours away from Moshi. We went there to teach a seminar to about 10 different pastors and their churches. We didn't actually go to the city of Dodoma...we were in the region of Dodoma about two hours from the city. We drove into the "interior" of Dodoma. It was not a village but a small city...a remote city. Many people there had never had contact with a white person. When word got out that there was a white woman teaching in the town...we were holding services in a rented building in the middle of town...hundreds of people came to the meetings to "see the white woman." It was amazing how many people showed up. It was wonderful to teach God's word and have people attend that might not normally come to church. They came and sat for the entire service. It blessed my heart as they sat and listened to the word of God. The seminar was wonderful. I met so many people and was blessed at every turn. There was a church choir that attended the seminar. They were a group of ten people and they rode their five bicycles for seven hours in order to attend the seminar. I was blessed as they got up and sang each evening at the beginning of the services. They are from a tribe called Wagogo. I was touched by their love for God and the way they sang together.
At the end of the week I told Pastor Mbasha I wanted to return to Dodoma again and go to the Wagogo village too. Pastor Mbasha was so happy when I told him that. He was thinking the same thing that I was thinking but he hadn't said anything to me about it.
I learned so much from my week in Dodoma. It was challenging in so many ways but it was also so rewarding. I was stretched and I grew. It was a highlight for me that I will remember for the rest of my life.
In the last two months so many things have happened. I am not sure what to write about first. I think I will write about what comes to mind first when I think about the past two months...
During the second week of May I traveled with Pastor Mbasha and his wife Janet to Dodoma...a city 10 hours away from Moshi. We went there to teach a seminar to about 10 different pastors and their churches. We didn't actually go to the city of Dodoma...we were in the region of Dodoma about two hours from the city. We drove into the "interior" of Dodoma. It was not a village but a small city...a remote city. Many people there had never had contact with a white person. When word got out that there was a white woman teaching in the town...we were holding services in a rented building in the middle of town...hundreds of people came to the meetings to "see the white woman." It was amazing how many people showed up. It was wonderful to teach God's word and have people attend that might not normally come to church. They came and sat for the entire service. It blessed my heart as they sat and listened to the word of God. The seminar was wonderful. I met so many people and was blessed at every turn. There was a church choir that attended the seminar. They were a group of ten people and they rode their five bicycles for seven hours in order to attend the seminar. I was blessed as they got up and sang each evening at the beginning of the services. They are from a tribe called Wagogo. I was touched by their love for God and the way they sang together.
At the end of the week I told Pastor Mbasha I wanted to return to Dodoma again and go to the Wagogo village too. Pastor Mbasha was so happy when I told him that. He was thinking the same thing that I was thinking but he hadn't said anything to me about it.
I learned so much from my week in Dodoma. It was challenging in so many ways but it was also so rewarding. I was stretched and I grew. It was a highlight for me that I will remember for the rest of my life.
posted by Lydia | 9:11 PM
2 Comments:
So glad the blogs are coming back ;)
JORO
Hi Lyd,
It was good reading this perspective on Dodoma!
Freya
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