Mwalimu Neema with students. On Tuesday we drove to the small town of Nata, located near the Serengeti National Park, to visit Ellie Shertz, Jama Yoder, and Jordan Weaver. Ellie and Jama are working with the Grumeti Fund (a non-profit community outreach organization funded by the Grumeti…
Safari – Sat. Feb. 22nd – Visit to Butiama On our last day of our safari we loaded a rented bus to make the 3 hour drive to Musoma. We enjoyed our 2 nights of camping at Ikoma Cultural Center, which included exposure to Ikoma traditional culture and Ikoma…
Grumeti visit – Friday Feb. 21st On Friday, the last day of our safari, we visited Grumeti Reserve about 45 minutes from Ikoma where we were camping. Grumeti Reserve is a very large hunting block that borders the Serengeti National Park and is situated in the path of the…
The safari – Wednesday, Feb. 19th, 2014 On Wednesday we broke camp at Ngorongoro and loaded the Land Cruisers for the short hour trip to Olduvai Gorge (Oldupai is the correct Maasai name). Olduvai is famous for its hominid fossils dating back more than a million years ago, and…
The safari – Tuesday, Feb. 18th, 2014 While the students get settled into their service assignments, we’ll update you on the week-long trip from Dar es Salaam to Musoma. On Monday the 17th, we took a 9 hour bus ride from Dar to Arusha. We spent the night at…
I am writing on Monday evening having finally hung the last mosquito net in our new house and Isaac and Mara are tucked in. We are living in a house on the campus of the Mennonite Theological College of East Africa (MTCEA). Of course it is not only…
This is a quick post to indicate we’ve arrived safely in Musoma. We arrived mid-afternoon on Saturday and spent the night at the Mennonite Center in Musoma, a hostel run by the Mennonite Church. Today the students had breakfast at the center and then we traveled to the…
It has been a busy end of the week as we prepare to leave Dar. On Wednesday we had our last unit house meeting and shared the highlights of our time in Dar, in addition to discussing how to prepare for the service section of SST. On Thursday…
On Monday we visited Benjamin Mkapa Secondary School in Dar es Salaam to better understand the educational system in Tanzania. We met the principal, several teachers, and a group of about 30 secondary students who were willing to stay after school to chat with our students. It was…
It is time to share with our family and friends how we’ve shed our Mennonite propensity to sing standing still! We’ve exchanged it for the rich Tanzanian (if not African) desire to move when singing! We were treated to a wonderful presentation on Tuesday by Dr. Mathayo Ndomondo,…
