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Day at the Beach

January 18, 2020

Today we had a much-needed day of play and fellowship.  We met up at a nearby beach with some of the local youths from a few Mennonite congregations.  Along with normal beach activities, such as swimming, looking for seashells, and building sandcastles, we had some friendly competition with football/soka (soccer), races, and tug of war.  We ended with a time of getting to know one another (in Swahili and English), some time of prayer, and ate delicious cake.

Searching for shells
Learning how to play Slap Jack
Building sand castles
And the race is on!
Now the race is backwards!
Three-legged race
The champions!
Sack race
Tug of war is on!
Enjoying Ukwaju.
Lady’s got to work despite our beach-time shenanigans.
Chipsi na kuku (Chicken and Fries)
Mishkaki, wali, na maharage (kabobs, rice, and beans).
Living barnacles
Hacky-sack
Our group with a few of the Dar es Salaam Mennonite youth.
Our 2020 Tanzania SST group.