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Tamie Davis
Tamie Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
Arthur and I are not the only ones simultaneously re-entering Tanzania and adjusting to a new place in it. Elliot is too, and I suspect it’s even bigger for him because the ratios of his life are more dramatic. When we returned to Australia last year, he’s lived 85% of his […]
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We often take taxis instead of driving in Dar, because traffic is nuts, because it saves getting little ones in and out of car seats, and because it means we don’t have to find parking. It’s quicker, easier and less stressful. Some days. Today’s job was to get Elliot some […]
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We spent a fair bit of our time in Australia talking about prosperity as a distinctive of Tanzanian theology, and the question of how to live wisely and well as a Christian. A fairly common question we got was how eschatology plays into this. That is, how does the return […]
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I don’t know if there are stages, but after my initial impressions our real re-orientation began, and learning about a new place too. It’s all mixed in together. Here are ten observations 5 weeks in. We are not as tired this time. During our first year in Tanzania, we were pretty […]
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We knew several Wahindi in Dodoma, but the suburb we’re living in in Dar is chockers full of Wahindi. So, who are they? Here’s some of what we’re learning. Most simply, the Wahindi are Indian background Tanzanians. Many of them were born in Tanzania and their families have been here for […]
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On Sunday, TAFES were doing some deputation at Victory Christian Centre and I went along. VCC is a TAG church and the pastor is a TAFES graduate, has been a TAFES staffworker and continues to be highly supportive of TAFES. The church is a big white closed tent and I […]
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When I bought Feminist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics, Arthur said to me, “This is the perfect book for you!” Indeed, the title suggested they came from a similar background to me (reformed), and were wrestling with similar issues (feminism). Actually, the writers here are far more committed to their reformed […]
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes