We Survived!

Going to the snorkeling site

 We are officially done with Swahili classes. It feels so good to be at this point. We also realize that we still have a lot to learn. Hopefully it will come as we talk to the house help and are out shopping.

We had a good trip back to Dar. It is an 8 hour drive but it was so nice this time because it was all familiar to us and we weren’t jet lagged. We’ve had more practice driving and we knew what the roads were like. We could even read the road signs.

 After language school we took a much needed vacation and went to the beach for couple days. We realized that even a vacation isn’t as relaxing as it used to be. We are still in a culture very different than ours. We had fun snorkeling and swimming in the Indian Ocean. We got to see some lagoons and many tropical fish and coral. The kids loved it. When we were snorkeling, Nikki struggled a little with her mask but she was still able to see some fish. We had fun swimming in the lagoon off of the boat. Luke loved jumping off the front of the boat. He also did some long distance swimming as he swam from the boat to the shore line 2 times. It was quite a distance but was made easier with flippers. Don’t worry Grandmas- he was with others and not alone.

Trying out our gear

We are now living in another missionary’s home while they are with family over the holidays. We will be here for 3 weeks until our next training starts mid-January. We will stay at our current place for the first 2 weeks until the family returns. We will then move into a hotel for the last week of training. We felt we couldn’t handle another 3 weeks in one room. 1 week sounds much more manageable.

During these next 4 weeks we will get our TZ driver’s license, which sounds like is a very long process. We will also start purchasing things we need for our home like small kitchen appliances, adapters for our US electronics and any food we can’t buy in Musoma. (mostly spices and things like that)

Training is over Feb 3 and when we are ready, we will make the 18 hour drive across TZ to Musoma.

Our new wraps