Well, its been a great trip to Mwanza. We went on a small airline called Costal Air on a small plane There were only six people excluding us on the flight to Mwanza, but the 12 seat plane was full on the was back. We can say we’ve been to the Serengeti now! We stopped on every runway they have anyway and saw quite a few animals, including zebra, a Hippo and Gazelle from an aerial view. Oh and some giraffe…
Mwanza is a big city, with some 2.5 million people living there. Its crowded even at night when we arrived, with the streets full of people and crazy drivers. There were a lot of kids on the streets which was sad to see. They have these huge birds as well, giant Malabu, with big stringy necks like old sagging skin.
The trip to Shikomo, Nkoma, was amazing. It was a long ride to the village, but when we got there we were warmly welcomed by our sponsor boy’s whole family, including grandmas, uncles, and neighbours. The kids were very curious of us, and apparently had never seen white people (Wazungu) before. Musa, the boy we were visiting was a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing and all the attention he was suddenly receiving coming from a family of well over ten. His father had two wives…
We were formally welcomed, and it was a bit awkward for a while, but they quickly got used to us. We went to visit the school Musa goes to, a primary school of 1075 students, and about 100 pupils per class! World Vision are definitely doing a great job there, and it shows. The kids were great, and we took heaps of photos, I’ll get some on the blog soon…Its funny, but when I got out my camera they all backed away like it was a gun, probably because it was so big.
In the end I think Musa felt very special, and hopefully our visit encourages him to do well in school and prompts his father to send him to secondary school. Not many people get that opportunity in Tanzania, unfortunately.
We are going on a Safari for the next two days, keep in touch!
8 comments:
Hi Si,
The Kaitaia Burrens here, wow we feel a million miles away, prob because we are!! Wonderful experience for you Africa, and seeing Musa. Hope Safari, was fun, i have always wanted to do that.
Lots of love Paul Toni Jos Leah and Ruth
xxx
Hey Si,
its paula here from back home. its so amazing to see you been part of God's work there. hope everythin goes well and you come back with a lot of stories to share, im sure u will. We will be praying for you continously. take care & stay in touch :)
Paula
Hi Si,Roger here.I just did a comprehensive comment, only to find I had to be registered, so that,s all disappeared and now I'll do a re-write!Anyway, great to read your adventures and thoughts and to see the photos.They seem to convey something of the distinctions between NZ and Africa-moving.Bless you and Graham, please say hi from me.Today Zeth,Rhes,Niss acted in church pageant& I sang in boost-volume dept-it went well.This pm Kede& other Voice seniors danced at an Ezekiel33 Trust happening at Parrs Park-v good in the v hot sun.Jash with friends BMX-ing in Te Awamutu in a senior series-came 5th against some fast dudes-v impressive.One broke his frame, so I thankful every time he returns unscathed.Mana shifts to Melbourne in several weeks maybe.Heard from Murray in Tubingen-had recently been at Messianic Jewish conference in Texas with Ted Pearce formerly of the band "Lamb"-interesting connection.Meryl typically full-on with family, friends, rabbits& tryin to organise us to get a few more sheep.She and Mary plus kids off together in morn on farm trip to south of Auck.I think summer has arrived here-nice, though I'm really a cooler weather person.May God lead you.With love from us.
hi simon .dad got back o.k lots of hugs . every one very happy dad is back. he is tired!hey i love the bracelet , thanks so much.isaac likes the club, and izion ,the t shirt!your friends have been great. saved my day many times. max is still digging holes under the rabbit cages.we went to penny and anitas farm .Fun DAY lots of dogs to pet. love you heaps .mum.
hey man! its geoff here dude, hows it man! sounds like you doing heaps over there aye. awesome news to hear too on your post. im here in the comp room typing after mary and graham just got home today too. me and vas off this sunday man! cant wait to get a break aye. man missing you heaps man, feel im missing apart of something in me aye. i think everyone feels this way too. i have been sorting out stuff before i leave in these couple of days, and ya we gona visit va'asa's family too at melborn which is awesome.
so yeah, hey man keep it updating and take care of yourself aye. Bless you bro! ,many love
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Geoff <><
just watchd you on video singingawesome.worship. how is the harmonica going. luv mum
thinking of you tonight. it is late here.just finishing off deborahs application form to maybe be an ambassador to tokyo 2008 with 7 kids her age !all are well, everyone glad dad is back. geoff and vasa here on saturday night before back to australia. also tonya and kiri arrive from sydney for g.dads 80th b. day. please snd him a card. deb and ellie are showing the necklaces off every where, beth wore hers to kindy , they miss you . give it heaps over there. we are praying for you. psalm 148, love you too. mum
thinking of you tonight. it is late here.just finishing off deborahs application form to maybe be an ambassador to tokyo 2008 with 7 kids her age !all are well, everyone glad dad is back. geoff and vasa here on saturday night before back to australia. also tonya and kiri arrive from sydney for g.dads 80th b. day. please snd him a card. deb and ellie are showing the necklaces off every where, beth wore hers to kindy , they miss you . give it heaps over there. we are praying for you. psalm 148, love you too. mum
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