One morning a few weeks ago, I didn’t get a chance to have my normal dosage of coffee. By midday I was in trouble. I had a bad headache. I was cranky. I was tired. I was also discovering something… all of those symptoms indicate an addiction. No way to get around it by fluffing [...]
Just to give you a glimpse, here is what a typical workday at the office looks like time wise:
7am – Go to work
8:30am – 8:45am – Language Team Swahili Devotion
8:45am – 10:30am – Work
10:30am – 11:00am – Chai (tea) break
11:00am – 1:00pm – Work
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 4:00pm – Work
4:00pm – Head home!
Literal meaning… hot seat
Slang meaning… pork
I’m using the latter for this post as we recently had our first experience with buying and prepping it this past week. A friend of mine and I went to an area of Mbeya called Manjelwa to visit a recommended butcher. We got there right after the freshly-slaughtered pig arrived [...]
Richard and I pulled out of Oilcom a few minutes past dawn and after topping off with diesel. The 2-hour ride to Makambako was uneventful although we were able to listen to two John Piper sermons using my media player. Our stop in Makambako was necessary to pick up Mchungaji (pastor) Mbogela. His home was [...]
