Tamie Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
Over Advent I did a series of Facebook posts of some of the activities I did with my boys: making a nativity set, angel wings, a game with a star that they follow, a puppet show. I periodically put some of our craft and sensory activities on Facebook, and generally […]
A friend of mine says that even though she’s been married for 35 years, she’s been married to maybe 5 or 6 different men. What she means is that the man she married at their wedding is not the man she’s married to today: he has changed, and marriage is […]
If I had New Years resolutions, my top one every year would be ‘keep learning.’ The world is big and fascinating and complex, with so much to be explored. Here are three things about my cross-cultural life that I’ve learned this year. In the next post I’ll share some things […]
We’re flying to Nairobi soon for a conference. Elliot’s been asking things like, “Will I be sick on the plane?” and “How do we know the plane will get there?” International travel is always tiring and uncomfortable, and it’s even more complicated when you’ve got kids in tow, but as […]
Merry Christmas! Today we put the final ornament on our Jesse Tree. It tells the whole story of the Bible over the Advent period, as we remember Jesus’ first coming and look forward to his second. There are lots of different versions, but below is the one I’ve developed over […]
Both Father Gilbert and Father John are passionate about the proverb that if you educate a woman you educate society, one of the first Tanzanian proverbs we learned. It has been the cultural touchpoint for much of women’s development in Tanzania, but I’ve had my concerns about it. While it […]
We had our friend Father John staying with us for a few days this week. He wrote his Masters thesis on the early exit of the girl child from school so of course I asked him about President Magufuli’s pregnant schoolgirl ban. Our friend, and Father John’s BFF, Father Gilbert was […]
Meet Jesus at uni 