As many as you know, Tricia's brother, Steve and his family have been in Tanzania for over 7 years. Two weeks ago, their parents and oldest brother, Mark came for a visit. Before they headed back to America, we took them on a safari. Here are some highlights of our trip.

To give you a perspective on how close we REALLY were!

Taking their afternoon "Cat Nap" getting ready for the big kill!

This male lion was about 30 yards from our car, what a great sight to see!

The meanest and ugliest animal in Tanzania; The Hyena

This guy was right outside our car window

Our Vicious Guard Dogs

We officially introduce to you Mocha and Max. We recently got them from a missionary friend. They are German Shepard and Doberman mix. We have always thought that having a puppy was torturous, let alone TWO! But these little brothers love each other and play and sleep together all day. They just want us for the food! Here they are before their 4 hour car ride into the "bush." They did not know what they were in for!

Our Home in Katesh

As of two weeks ago, we are offically moved into our first Tanzania home! It is still a work in progress, but we praise the LORD for providing us with a home that will comfortable accomodate our visitors and it is in a great location! Here are a few pictures........

Our backyard with a great view of Mt. Hanang

The back of the house

Our the Town of Katesh

Here are some picutures of around town. This is our hardware store! "Katesh Depot"




The view from our front yard

Language School

Hello Family and Friends!

We just got back from our first three week session of Language school. We prepared ourselves for a very strenious time, but we loved every minute of it! Granted, since it is an intensive course, we had a lot of information thrown at us at once, the accomodations, teachers and staff were excellent. Our classmates were from all around the globe, including Germany, Phillipines, Denmark and of course the USA! We spent many hours laughing together and making new friendships as we all struggled spitting out our new Swahili words!

Greetings From Tanzania!

Hello from sunny Tanzania!  We have been in the country for over 1 month!  We spend our first few weeks in the town of Katesh where we will be ministering at the TRUTH Center and establishing a home.  We spent that time preparing things for our house.  We are now on day 2 of Language School.  We will be here for three weeks. So needless to say, we have a lot to learn!  We will use this blog to keep in touch with you all as much as possible.  We would love to hear from you!