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| Our Thanksgiving center pieces thanks to Laura, Luke and Nikki |
Wow I didn’t realize how long it had been since I did a blog post. A lot of changes have occurred but then again it feels like more of the same. Nov. 12-19 we did a homestay with a TZ family. We were all a little nervous about it before we arrived but we had no reason to be. God had found us the perfect home. It was a mother whose children were are grown and moved away from home. She had plenty of space we had two bedrooms and each had their own bathroom. We thought this was wonderful to have more space. We could also hang out in the living room. The kids had plenty of space to play and they enjoyed hunting for the cats.
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| The kid's current room |
On the 19th we moved to yet another place. It is similar to a hotel. We have the suite so it is 2 rooms and one bathroom. We no longer have to sit in the dark after the kids go to bed. They have their own room. We are starting to get tired of the small space and living out of suitcases but the end is in sight. There isn’t as much for the kids to do here so we are playing lots of games with them. We are now in town so we can walk to the market whenever we need something and it doesn’t take all afternoon.
Friday is our last day of Swahili lessons. Monday morning we leave for Dar es Salaam and then Tuesday we go to the beach for a few days. We need a break from learning, culture and need some fun. We also wanted to do this before Laura leaves on Dec. 11 so we are all excited about it. We might be able to do some snorkeling.
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| Our current home |
After our mini vacation we will house sit for a family going home for Christmas. Mid-January we have our last training before going to Musumo. It is 3 weeks of cultural training. That ends Feb. 3rd and then off to Musoma.
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| Our first Christmas decorations |
I’ve included some pictures of our new place and our 2 Thanksgiving celebrations. One is here with the rest of the group and the other was on Sunday at another family from America. The food was fabulous. It was the first Thanksgiving meal we ate outside.
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| Homemade Pie and Ice Cream!!!!!!!!!! |
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for all your love and prayers.
Wait till you get to Musoma, and try to explain to your househelp why you are saving toilet paper rolls for crafts. Ours kept trying to throw these "useless" pieces away until we blatantly explained that we were teachers... and yes, maybe we were a little bit "crazy"!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. You're almost there! Great work! Can't wait to see you soon (I hope!)