Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023 Monday morning the students trickled in to the church from their various homes for the first Swahili class. This was significant for several reasons. It was the first time they traveled from their home to town and, secondly, they met their Swahili teachers and launched…
Sunday Jan. 15th The pictures say it all – today was a big day for students and their host families, as they met one another for the first time and began a 5-week chapter in their lives that will never be forgotten! We attended Upanga Mennonite Church, hosted by…
Saturday Jan 14th, 2023 The last two days have been filled with various orientation activities and settling in, while students stay at the YMCA in downtown Dar es Salaam. Friday morning was all business: exchanging money, getting SIM cards for phones, learning how to navigate crossing the road given…
Thursday January 12, 2023 We were delighted to welcome the SST Tanzania 2023 team this afternoon at the airport and they arrived right on time! After a brief pause for hydration and a few snacks, we rode our daladala (bus) to town. Students quickly settled in to the YMCA…
Welcome to the Tanzania 2023 Study Service Term (SST) blog! We have been preparing for the students arrival since December 21 and it feels really good to be back. We led the SST-Tanzania units in 2011 and 2014, so it has been 9 years since we lived in Tanzania.
They have boarded the plane and left Tanzania. Praise be to God!…
Students on Goshen College’s Study Service Term in Tanzania begin their journey home. As many of you have heard, we will be leaving Tanzania early because of the increasing restrictions on international travel due to COVID-19. This is so hard, since our students are really feeling a…
Today is Emma’s birthday! YAY!!! On Saturday, we had the students, who are living close enough to Musoma, join Emma for some birthday cake and celebration. The cake was passion fruit-flavored (Oh My Yum!!!). …
Sorry this post took a little longer than I expected. We had an interesting week dealing with electricity to our house. But, we are back!! Also, sorry this is a LONG post with LOTS of photos and a few videos. So brew up some coffee or tea, and enjoy!…
Side note first: the Serengeti pictures are coming; likely later today or tomorrow. It takes a long time to download and process pictures for the blog, especially when you have a photographer that cannot stop herself at one photo per animal. Today the students have all left for their new…
