June 2 & June 3

Day 2: June 2- Morogoro, Tanzania Africa

Jambo!!

We just completed our second day here in the village! The weather has been wonderful, hot but with a cool breeze and lots of sunshine! As a team we had a very productive day with women from all over.

Today is known as the day where the people celebrate the ascending of Christ into Heaven. We hung out with many different women from all different tribes and villages and went into their gardens and picked peas with them! We also taught ourselves, along with the women, how to make fabric, beaded necklaces so that they can make more and sell them. We encouraged them and connected with them in many ways.

After making beads we ate lunch (lots of rice and beans) and had a 2 hour worship service with the women. They taught us songs in Swahili as we sang to them and taught them songs in English! They showed us a lot of hospitality and were glad we came to be with them.

The women taught us a few phrases in Swahili as well, such as “Shikamoo” which is a type of greeting you would say to an older woman and in response they say Marahaba. Also, “Habari gani” asks the question ‘how are you?’ and in response you say, “Nzuri” which means fine or well.

We had a lot of fun being with the women and learned so much about their caring hearts. As a team we are looking forward to the rest of week!!

Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers!! We are all having so much fun and doing well!

With much love,

Shelby Boaz

Day 3: June 3- Tanzania, Africa

Habari gani!?! Nzuri!

Today we visited the village of Lukangaza. We cooked, hung out with a lot of kids, sang lots of songs, and some of the children even knew English!

At the beginning of our day we picked some crops to cook for the lunch that the women were serving us. The different types included a Kasaba leaf, which is a leaf of sweet milk from a tree, corn that we shucked, cow-peas that we de-skinned, and another leaf from a little bush. After picking Abby, Megan, & Avery got to de-shell a coconut, which was super hard!! The women loved it that we were so willing to learn and help even though we couldn’t understand a word they were saying!

Next we headed to the church where the kids were learning English for some domestic and wild animals! We sang some English songs and they sang some Swahili songs AND English! Crazy, huh? They tried teaching us a song, but that didn’t go to smoothly. We also did a skit for them, Noah’s Ark, which Robert translated for us. They seemed to like it, or maybe they were just laughing because we used animal plates for the animals or that a girl was playing a boy’s part!

As the day went on, we ate lunch in Pastor Nuru’s house, played some outdoor games with the children, sang some more songs, watched a Swahili skit played out by young boys, and colored some coloring sheets. At the end it was sad leaving the kids, and they just kept saying bye to us and once we drove off they chased after the van.

Today was an amazing day just as the rest of them have been!! Thank you for the prayers, and we are all well and having a great time!

Lots of love,

Avery Hufft