Our last days in Tanzania

Margaret hosted a BBQ for all of our rafiki in Arusha.

It was lovely to sit around together, and listen to Eddie and Calvin sing and play the guitar.


We asked David if he wanted a drumstick... he then used to play the drums with!

We had to say goodbye to our street boys.

Our Prince Exaudi was pleased to play Eddie's guitar.

In fact, all of our friends had fun with the instrument. Their talent even drew a crowd!

It was two months without a green juice! Sarah was thrilled to have the opportunity to make her own juice in Amsterdam. ps- BEST WHEAT GRASS in the world!!

We got to spend six hours in Amsterdam. It was fun to explore and a great way to end our trip.

We are now home safely-- cannot wait to see you all!

A couple of days at Matonyok Parents' Trust

We returned to Matonyok Parents' Trust to spend a couple of days with the children. We were asked to teach classes the day after our camp out.

Kenny and the boys. They all just wanted to be hugged.

Light sticks went over well-- the children loved them!

'Motion blur!' -Keenan

Sarah and Nasma. Emmy asked Corri to rename this sweet girl; she is going to be baptised next month and will receive her new name then. Ruth was a noble woman in the Bible and Cor thought that name fit her perfectly! Beautiful Ruth!

Sarah and Kenny taught the level one class. Kenneth was in charge of science-- the parts of a plant, and Sarah helped the students with take away (subtraction).

A happy class one.

Corri and Eddie taught class level two. They helped the children with English and Science; Eddie also taught the baby class a few letters in the English alphabet.

Class two listening attentively to Miss Corri.


A far cry from a dry erase board! Aurelia was very good at classifying the banana leaf.

Simon was happy to have a day off from teaching. He hardly knew what to do with himself.


Peek-a-boo!


Beanie babies for everyone!

Balloon animals went over well too!!


The children living at Matonyak Parents Trust with their beanie babies and you all know the mzungus in the middle.

Safari

A day of safari at Ngorongoro game park. It is a crater-- a collapsed mountain, of sorts.



Baboon!



A chase... The hyena was after one of the baby zebra. We scared him away!



Rhino...


This lion settled down directly beside our safari vehicle! We could have reached down and touched his fur-- thought better of it though!



Elephants!


A cheetah.



Is it black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?



Pumba!

Our Street Boys

Friends of Exaudi that we meet day after day in the streets of Arusha needed new clothes. We outfitted as many children as we could.


Sarah passing out new shorts.


Some of the children were showing us their flexibility and dance skills...

...and ninja skills.
These boys have hearts of gold and are always so thankful to be spending time with us.

He liked his new bible even better than his new shirt!

Sweet Picture!


It doesn't take long once we are in town for our boys to find us! So nice to see his joy!


Peanuts for her baby.

It is such a blessing to us to have the opportunity to minister to these boys.

This is what we are here for.

Kazi Na Afya

Kazi Na Afya is a non-profit organization committed to creating and enhancing awareness in areas of occupational heath, safety and HIV/ AIDS at workplaces. It has a mission to build a competent and knowledgeable community which accepts that HIV/AIDS affects individual livelihood, organizations, community and overall economic development.

These are three of the six people assisting their neighbors afflicted with HIV. They use a homebased office to keep and maintain records and make a minimum of weekly rounds to continue monitoring problems as they arise.

Zulu is the great grandmother of these three children. The parents both died of Aids and the youngest child is HIV positive.

HIV positive and being cared for by his great grandmother, this little friend was happy to have some homemade whole wheat bread.

This is the a view of some of the children that live in this small compound. (left to right) Adydya, Allie, Juma, Munginee and Fatina were content playing in the dirt. It is evident that an individual in close to every household has been affected in some way by Aids.

Seen here second from the right is Patrick. He is 5 years old and HIV positive. His two older sisters, Rose and Patricia are seen here also. Their father makes a small living as a gateman, which forces the majority of their care to be from their grandmother.

As we entered the home of Lucia Simone and her 7 great grandchildren we learned that not only had the mother and father passed away from Aids, but their grandmother recently passed also.

Here are her 7 great grandchildren and a neighborhood friend (from left to right) Alex, Unari, Joseph, Vivian, Nicholas, Magdelena, Jackson and Elizabeth.

Lucia Simone was so happy to have us and welcomed us into her small home. She thanked us for visiting her and bringing bread to feed her babies. An amazing woman, 94 years old, doing everything she can to keep her family safe.