Monday, August 9, 2010

Before I start with the pictures, I have to apoligize that they are in random order. I will try to group them, but they won't be in the order that we did each activity.


Corbin & I really enjoyed a beautiful waterfall that in Tanzania, that we had a lunch at.

This bride sure looks happy! As a cultural note, the bride in past years couldn't smile on her wedding day, or she would get told that she was proud for the rest of her life. They are beginning to pull away from that tradition, so this bride showed her happiness! :)


Uncle Ted is building bee hives as a way to bless the Africans with another food source, along with raising pigs, fish, gardens, and fruit trees.




Here was an orphanage in Sumbawanga, Tanzania that we visited. See all the blue mosquito nets?



Here is Uncle Ted with his helper, Yuda, working on the bee hives & showing them off to us!

Another thing that Uncle Ted does, is pull teeth. That was quite the experiance....


I never imagined that I would get the experiance of delivering an African goat, but the Lord sure blessed me with the oportunity. I was walking home from women's group with Aunt Terese, Danae, and 2 or 3 native women. Alongside the road, was a goat in labor, so I walked over and delivered the kid! The Africans were quite surprised and called me a "nurse". I sure wish it was that easy to get a nurse's degree! :)



All the kids would swarm around us & as soon as a camera was out, would pose for the picture!


Here are some of the wonderful missionaries that we met....
Teaching kindergarteners a Bible story......

An adorable little boy that was born during our stay in TZ.


Learning to take care of twins! :) Actually, they are from the orphanage, and not related. They were fun to take care of!!


Another picture of one of the weddings we went to. As another tribal custom note, girls are taught to look down and not look an elder in the eye. At marrying age, they are just beginning to be allowed to look up more, but it is hard to break the habit.....

One of the 8 choirs that danced and sang at the double wedding.


God's handiwork!!




The Maid of Honor & Groom's Man completely take care of the bride and groom during the day.


Walking down to the village square to do "girl's group."



Spaghetti dump!


Zach in the "boy's car" doing a thumb's up. See the "girl's car" on his thumb?





Pig dump in which we ate the ears, nose, tongue, eyes, and brains!


A pigeon that Corbin shot with his buddies.


Teaching English sure taught Corbin and I how much slang is in our language & how you have to pick words carefully. Take for instance, "you did pretty well." If they know that 'pretty' means beautiful and 'well' means good, it could be translated "you did beautiful good." We enjoyed teaching, though!


A church/picnic with all the missionaies in the area!
Such cute kids!
It was not uncommon to see a baby strapped to the back of his mom or sister, while they were doing their work.
These pictures were taken from our stay in the bush of Tanzania.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Jord!! Thanks for pictures!! It was quite a surprise to see you still blogging! Keep it up!!!
    Can't wait to see where you go next! ;) lol
    Love,
    Sarah

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