2 – Hymns in the Kinga mother tongue: there’s an mzee (old man) who lives in the hills between here and Njombe. He is one of the Kinga people and over his lifetime, he’s come to learn over 40 hymns by heart in his mother tongue. Considering the value Tanzanians place on singing, especially in [...]
Yes, I deserve to be fined for blog neglect. After all, it is the work I’m doing that brought us to Tanzania! Time to get y’all out of the dark and let you know what’s going on.
I’ll start out by showing you a (not so very attractive) map of the Mbeya area languages with whom [...]
8:30am – Devotion & prayer with colleagues… all in Swahili
9:00am – We notice the voltage in the office has dropped from 230V down to 190V. In case you’re wondering… that’s not good
9:45am – I bring 2 envelopes home that came from NC. Best contents from them in my eyes… hand towels and grits! Thanks y’all.
10:00am [...]
