The first half of the day had me in Mwanjelwa buying more things for the studio. I bought some more foam and egg trays/crates to thicken the ceiling. I’m still getting a little bit of reflection from the tin roof. The picture above is of Filimoni, our neighbor. The carpenter was taking A LONG TIME [...]
I know. I recently listened to a sermon by Mark Driscoll. To be honest, I can’t remember the name of it because I’ve checked out quite a few of his lately. I like his delivery, conviction and theology.
In this sermon, he asked the question, “What do you see when you think of Jesus? What does [...]
I spent most of the morning and afternoon practicing parts with three Nyakyusa speakers. We practiced all the parts of: (From Ruth) Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, & Town Women; (From Jonah) God. This is a different approach from how I did the Sangu and Kinga recordings. There was no practice with them, just give me my [...]
Maharage: beans
This is the lower back corner of our lot. All of these sprouts are beans, a staple food for the Tanzanian diet. Our neighbor, and night guard, planted the seeds for us. The harvest will be split between us, his family and Mama Ima’s family. They’re good beans. We have them often and with [...]
A lot of you remember what a Whammy is and the game show from which it came. Landing on a Whammy on Press Your Luck was a bad thing. You lost everything if you were ‘whammy’d’.
I feel like we are continually getting whammy’d over here. One thing after another happens to us… it seems like. [...]
H20 , Maji, Agua, Eau, the wet stuff… whatever you call it, we need it. We have an in-ground 2000L tank that fills an upper 1000L tank. Currently, 2k is empty and 1k is ¼ full. It is the rainy season but it hasn’t really rained in over a week.
To catch you up-to-speed as to [...]
