KwaHeri Tanzania

Good Bye Tanzania! Gwen and I have moved up our flight and are leaving Tanzania this evening. We will return to Seattle Sunday afternoon. Upon returning from safari we realized that our work here is done so why stay longer than necessary. The Collazo family will stay until Monday as planed.

We are very ready to come home. This trip has not really gone as planned but that remindes us of how to make God laugh...tell him your plans. God has his own and better plan and we can not always see that right away. The best thing about this trip is that 14 children are living in a home they did not have before. Gwen and I went by the house to say good bye to Mama Mursale and the children - it was difficult saying good bye to these children. They are so well behaved and want more than anything to be hugged and loved. Ruben took some photos of us all. That Amos, the oldest, is smart as a whip - I just wanted to pick him up and put him in the taxi with me. He would do well in the US. God willing we will meet these children again.

We are now in town for one last post from the field, lunch and to say good bye to the "flycatchers" who have become our friends. One of them named Kesh carved some cross necklaces for Gwen and he was at church last week by Gwen's invitation. He had been to other churches in the area that had told him he could not come to church with his dreadlocks so he was wary but we assured him God does not care about his hair. Hopefully he will continue to attend. We have not seen Saleem for a while so we will look for him. Since we moved into town we have really gotten to know some of the local people and it is sad to say good bye.

Once I am back home I will make at least one more post with some photos so you can see the children. I also would like to share some things about Tanzania and their culture. See you all soon and thank you again for all the support!!!