We made it!

It was a very long 3 days. We left Wycliffe offices in Dar around 8 on Tuesday morning and arrived in Musoma around 2 on Thursday afternoon. According to a reliable source we went over 403 speed bumps on Wed and Thurs. I decided not to count them. I’ve included a lot of pictures so be sure to scroll down to see them all. The further away from Dar we got the dryer it is seemed to get.

On our trip we got to see lots of busses, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles. We also saw monkeys, wildebeests and lots of birds. It can be very exhausting driving here because of all the speed bumps, large holes in the road (only some sections), people walking along the road, bicycles along the road and motorcycles which pass you on both sides.

It is wonderful to finally be in Musoma. Friday we stopped by the office for a little and got to meet the employees and missionaries. We are staying in another missionaries home until we find a house of our own to rent.

It's amazing to see what they carry on their bikes. They are very creative and very hard working.

Since arriving in Musoma we have realized how much Swahili we have yet to learn. Friday morning one of the day workers at the house needed to talk to us about something and we were having a hard time understanding him so he wrote it out for us and we basically understood but we did still call someone that could help translate for us.

When a truck breaks down they will put branches on the road to warn on coming traffic.

We shipped most of our belongings across the country via a truck. While at the office on Friday we found out it was arriving around 4 that afternoon instead of Saturday. We waited around till around 4 and then I decided to take the kids and walk back to the house because the truck hadn’t arrived yet and the kids were restless. We later found out the truck wouldn’t arrive on Friday but would come on Saturday.

Wildebeasts - sorry the picture isn't good but we didn't have much time.

We got a call around 10 Saturday morning that the truck was here and we had to go into town to get our stuff. We managed to get our stuff into 2 vehicles and a cart. We had to rent a cart with two men to haul the fridge (since it had to remain upright) and to take some of the bed frames back to the office. We stored some of the bigger items at the office and the rest is in the house we are staying at.

 After a busy Friday and Saturday we decided to take it easy on Sunday. This week we will begin the search of looking for a house rent and the kids started school today.

Minature Golf course outsde of a restaurant we ate at Tuesday night.