Our day began with breakfast and a short orientation about some of the expectations for the next several weeks. The students were very sleepy, but managed to stay engaged in the conversation. After taking a brief walking tour and exchanging some cash at the bank,…
After a long journey, the students have finally arrived safely in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Now begins the long process of jet-lag recovery, acclimating to the heat and humidity, and adapting to all of the sounds, smells, tastes, and feels of a brand-new (to them) culture. For now, they…
It can’t really be their last day in Tanzania?! Students visited family or did some last minute shopping. Then we had a final chicken choma supper in the old town of Dar, and left for the airport. Except for 4 who are travelling to Kenya before returning to the US,…
In 1964 the island of Zanzibar, which had just experienced a revolution, and the recently independent mainland country of Tanganyika united to form Tanzania. We spent a few nights on Zanzibar reflecting on our time in Tanzania, hearing project presentations, relaxing, and experiencing the coastal, Arab-influenced culture here. In the…
The 5+ weeks of service are over. We gathered back in Musoma on Tuesday. On Wednesday we took a bus to Mwanza, and an airplane to Dar. Back in Dar es Salaam, students are staying at the YMCA once again—where they stayed the very first night. When you come back…
The other SST’ers living near Musoma came over to help celebrate! Everyone is working on a project. Maddy gave us a preview of some of her sketches from her project on designs and uses of kanga cloth. No oven, but we could still make a cake of…
Ordination of Emmanuel Matuntera and his wife Agnes Five new bishops were ordained at Shirati on Sunday. Elections back in January elevated a new generation to leadership positions within the Kanisa Mennonite Tanzania (KMT). SST service coordinator, Emmanuel Matuntera, is the new Bishop of Tarime. Sadie’s host…
Nat and Grant are working just outside Musoma. Grant lives in Nyabange and works at VI Agroforestry in nearby Bweri. At VI they raise all manner of vegetables, and grow demonstration plots showing interplanting of complimentary plants for pest control and/or increased income generation in small spaces. Grant has been…
There are four students in and around Musoma. We are visiting their work sites and families as their schedules permit. Maddy is working at the KMT Musoma Press, on the campus of the Mennonite Theological College of East Africa (MTCEA) here in Nyabange. She just finished typing the manuscript for…
Gabriel‘s host parents are farmers. They have fruit trees and maize / bean fields. Ga works on the farm on Saturdays. They have just about finished the second (and last) hoeing of the season; They don’t use any herbicides. During the week Ga is at the Kiabakari Bible College. The…
