Monday, July 19, 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010
9:30 PM

A full day and delightful! Decided I would keep blogging in hopes that the server will be back up tomorrow and it can be posted.

We breakfasted at TEC – millet porridge, hard cooked eggs, toast, watermelon, tea and coffee. We then boarded “our” bus and headed to Asania Front Cathedral. It is a part of the South East Coastal Diocese and currently the seat of the presiding bishop. We had an orientation with the Dean (assistant to the bishop) and heard about the challenges facing a very urban church including so many young people leaving the rural areas to find work in Dar. The church struggles to meet many social services of many unskilled workers now separated from family and community…..and many coming from the Southern Diocese. They have established a program called Shamba Langu….or My Farm (about 150 km from Dar)…trying to encourage some to work the land and grow cash crops.

We toured the Cathedral and Bruce H demonstrated (this was reported by his spouse) that he can’t walk and talk at the same time. He has an ugly scraped shin.

At the same stop Michelle and Pr. Gabriel became our money changers at the bank. (We did not throw them out!!)

We lunched at the SeaCliff sitting in an outdoor restaurant overlooking the very blue Indian Ocean and enjoyed samoosas, wraps, sandwiches and Tangawizi!

After some down time we had dinner at TEC in the Kibanda…an outdoor food service on the campus.

Martin is a great driver negotiating very small, tight spaces with deftness. Pr Seth and Pr Gabriel continue to be great companions on our journey.
Colleen Last