Ngorongoro Safari

-

We left Arusha early in a safari truck headed to Ngorongoro Conservation Reserve. What a beautiful park and a beautiful day. We saw so many animals.

Wildebeest (gnu) left, Sherry right

Cape buffalo 
Gazelle 
Lion
                                             Hippos 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Home in Minnesota

-
Image
 The Tanzania Team made it home safely. A great big thank you to all the wonderful people of the Tanzania Central Diocese who welcomed us with open arms. We are so blessed by our partnership. And thank you to our Mount Olive congregation here in Rochester. God’s work was done through your tremendous support. We are so grateful. Asante sana. 
Read more

Singida Church and Children

-
Image
Sunday September 30, we attended a church service at the cathedral in Singida. It was an amazing experience, in many ways. One thing we did not expect was that the service would be centered on, and largely delivered by, the children of the congregation. Many, many children stood in front of a packed (extremely densely packed!) sanctuary (700 people regularly attend a service) and recited memorized Bible passages, and groups of them sang as well.  It was a real treat to see all the smiling young faces praising God and sharing of their faith. After the 3 hour 30 minute service, the children all seemed to want to meet us. We shook hands and exchanged greetings with countless children, and many adults too. During the worship service we also had a chance to introduce ourselves and extend greetings from the ELCA, the Minnesota South, and from Mount Olive. This short post cannot convey all of what we felt but take a look at the photos and you will get a taste. The top photo ...
Read more

Worship at Kijota Parish

-
Image
Today we worshiped with our siblings at Kijota Parish. 5 different choirs sang and danced. Pastor Glenn was the guest preacher and he was very well received. We exchanged gifts and recommitted to our partnership that was established 25 years ago. We were sad to say our goodbyes.    
Read more