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| Dar es Salaam, the previous capital of Tanzania. This is where I went for the month to get a base in the Swahili language. |
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| It is right on the coast of the Indian Ocean with beautiful beaches, but weather that's hot and humid. I left some clothes in my suitcase for a couple of days and they had grown mold. |
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| Jambo...Hello Lesson one in Swahili is complete--learning greetings. |
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| I don't even think this is the fullest I saw a boat. It's a good thing everyone is skinny. People work hard to earn a living fishing. |
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| I went with Patrick and Anna LaRochelle and there 2 kids (Luke and Miriam). This is bed-time Bible stories. |
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| Hanging out with our grammar teacher's family. |
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| All the people at the AIM guest house with us. They open up rooms, cook lunch, help do laundry so that we can learn Swahili quickly. |
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| Our GPA teacher Aznath. GPA is learning by only verbal repetition in the language you are trying to learn. It's very effective, but different than tradition language learning. |
Thanks for praying while I studied in Tanzania. I was able to get a good base and can now speak like a small child, which is a good start. I'm learning more and more here in Nyankunde, but it's a little bit different dialect of Swahili.
Pray for me, I had a tough day with losing a patient after she bled during a delivery. Pray that I would be compassionate, kind and that I would work for the Lord in all the things I do.
Timeline:
Community health teaching-beginning of June
Teaching the youth at church about basic anatomy, pregnancy and infections-June
Visiting nurse coming to see if she would move to Nyankunde- end of June
Buying a lab machine and having it installed- beginning of July (feel free to contribute)
Team of people involved with the youth and scholarships-end of July
Mek (teacher for kids) coming with the group above-end of July (will be living with me)
Vacation-beginning of August!!!
