Blog Saturday, 7-24-2010 (Igumbilo group)
An exciting day! This is the day to go to Mbeya to buy textbooks for the Girls School with money from “$10 Textbooks for Tanzania” a project of the LYO WIS.
And exciting day! Bruce and Gail H are traveling to their companion congregation at Ikongosi. They rode in the school car with us to Chimala where Pr Chandaffi met them and together they boarded the public transportation to Ikongosi.
Mama Lwendo, Teacher Benne and Teacher Lusako and Tegamea, the office secretary and Cayla, Gail B, and Colleen began our journey to Mbeya about 78 Km away. It took a long time to get money from the bank, go to 3 stationery stores, do some shopping along the way and have lunch – at the Sombrero Restaurant. Besides the books they were able to get lab supplies for the lab. We also bought 3 hoes in Mbyea. (I was reminded of John Donne’s quote….They also serve who only sit and wait! CAL)
As we waited outside a shop we were entertained by 6 kids ages maybe 3-6. When they saw the cameras they were posing and dancing, yelling “wazungu pic a pichar”. (White people take a picture!)
We arrived back at the girls’s school about 7:45 with supper waiting for us. We also found out we have a guard around our house!
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