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 choirs, this will be a great opportunity to expose a lot of Kinga people to The Way. This project is in the beginning stages with the first step yet to happen.  I will travel 7 hours to Makete (9°23′12.45″S,  34°14′17.88″E, Altitude 6,611 ft.) first to record these hymns to ensure they are preserved.  After they are transcribed with the help of translators, local Kinga choirs will be invited to come to Makete to be recorded singing one or more of the hymns. Then, a selection of those hymns will be chosen to make a compilation album duplicated mostly on cassette, maybe a few CDs, and distributed at an album release celebration/concert with the same choirs.

The biggest of all four projects gets highlighted tomorrow…