Blog 7-21-10 Wednesday
Tuesday we bid goodbye to Pr. Nduye. He began his trip to South Africa - three days in a bus!
The day starts with 8:00 breakfast and shortly we receive the news that Bruce Towne’s mother died in Elk Horn. It was a powerful moment in our journey – understanding in our heads the expected, but wrenching of our hearts.
We then went to the Southern Diocese offices where we were officially welcomed by Bp Lukilo, Dean Mengele, and General Secretary Mhomasoli. Each of the department chairs shared their responsibilities and visions for their area. We had Chai = tea, coffee, juices, bread, samoosa, chapatti…all very good. After completing chai we continued with the presentations.
Next we traveled a short distance to Viziwi, the ELCT’s school for the deaf. Finland has funded the building of a new secondary campus – quite remarkable. They are also scheduled for solar heating and a water collection system.
After lunch at 4:00 at the Agreement Hotel we returned to the Diocese headquarters and a presentation by Dr. Kmilike about the Njombe University.
Our day ended with dinner at the Chani and devotions and group concerns.
Colleen Last
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