12th annual Tanzanian Dinner November 11th 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Our 12th annual Tanzanian Dinner will be on Sunday November 11th, 2012 at 5:30 pm at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Roseville Minnesota.  We will serve Tanzanian foods, and will have a silent auction.  Proceeds will be used to provide scholarships and other projects at our companion congregat... .. read more..

Tanzania trip video
Sunday, October 21, 2012

We presented slides and stories from our trip in church today.  The following link is a video that we showed during Offering.  It features videos selections of the Bomalang’ombe Primary School children, and a slideshow of pictures with background music from the Bomalang’ombe Lutheran ... .. read more..

Back home
Saturday, October 6, 2012

We made it home safely yesterday afternoon. We spent the final day in Dar touring the National Museum. They had some interesting exhibits on ethnography, biology, geography and history of Tanzania. The young woman working in the gift shop was extremely excited to hear that Anita was a Pastor and ... .. read more..

Meeting Nelson
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Earlier in the trip we were able to see Pastor Jane Chusi. Today we met with her son Nelson, who translated for us in 2008! Nelson works for Vodacom, a large telecommunications company. We had a nice lunch with him at a shopping mall near his work. It was nice catching up! Earlier in the trip we ... .. read more..

Dar es Salaam traffic jam
Thursday, October 4, 2012

After leaving Bagamoyo, we had lunch at the Slipway shopping center in Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean. On our way to the hotel we got caught in a typical Dar es Salaam traffic jam.  The street vendors make full use of the situation by walking up and down the row of vehicles selling [...] After... .. read more..

Shopping in Bagamoyo
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Habib discovered that his friend Richard lives in Bagamoyo. When we found out that Richard is an artist with a shop in the local woodcarver’s market, we decided to stop there rather than shop in Dar es Salaam. We left with some great paintings and wood carvings! Here is Richard with one of ... .. read more..

Bagamoyo
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

This morning we hired a guide who took us on a walking tour of parts of Bagamoyo. We saw a number of buildings that were built by Germans, and saw beautiful carved doors with Arab and Indian influence. Bagamoyo also has a sad history of ivory and slave trades.  We visited a museum that described ... .. read more..

Indian Ocean
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Per request, the Indian Ocean! Per request, the Indian Ocean! .. read more..

Iringa to Bagamoyo
Monday, October 1, 2012

We left the Lutheran Center this morning on the way to Bagamoyo. We stopped at Ilula Hospital for a short tour before continuing. We had the Lutheran Center pack us lunches for the road. Roger and Pastor Anita are scouting out promising looking rocks. A couple of Masai boys were herding goats nea... .. read more..

Worship at the cathedral
Sunday, September 30, 2012

We worshipped this morning at the Lutheran Cathedral in Iringa. Much of the service was led by the children, and they did a great job! The children’s choir had a couple of great drummers. After the service they sang and danced in the courtyard. We worshipped this morning at the Lutheran Cat... .. read more..