SUNDAY

Walking in my Sunday best through the streets of Africa… sweaty, hot, but enjoying every minute. It took about 20 minutes to walk to church. Today was my first service at an African church. We got to lead the worship. That was quite interesting considering I cannot speak Swahili…. Or dance. Needless to say it was unforgettable. The other interesting thing was that we had to perform a skit. How did we have to prepare for this? All of one hour. Did we choose an easy drama? Of course not! Where is the fun in that? I taught the drama “Everything” to my small group team. (There are about 20 of us) And each of them wanted a part, haha it was so challenging. Despite the fact that I had one hour to teach them, only a handful had ever heard the song, and the giant language barrier, we did it! lol It was a lot of fun. So, our mode of transportation on the way home was crazy. We were riding on the bed of Munishi’s truck, he is a staff leader here, but it was just a couple of us sitting in the back. No, where is the adventure in that?! There were about 18 of us standing/sitting in the back holding on to whatever we could for dear life. The roads here are nothing like the roads at home. Here in Tanzania it is extremely bumpy! Huge holes everywhere. We made it back alive.

After lunch some of us watched a movie, which was a nice taste of home. Then, Christina and I went for a walk around the local village area. Here are the reasons I knew I was in Africa: My feet were caked with dust, a gorgeous mountain was our scenery, dozens of kids were yelling, “Mzungu! Mzungu! Why are you so white?”, a herd of goats ran out in front of us to drink water, the constant sound of cows mooing, chickens running everywhere, villagers walking their donkeys that were carrying buckets of water down the streets, and the fact that my friend is from Switzerland. Yup, life is good.