Last week I wrote on Facebook: As one commenter put it, that’s a lot of ‘likes’ for a non-life event! It’s lovely that people were so supportive – language learning is a hard slog and the triumphs are few and far between. And we Aussies love a bargain! But behind […]
Ice cream is available in Dodoma, though flavours fluctuate, but block (or any!) chocolate is difficult to come by. If you do find it, it’s often pretty old and white. Cocoa is available though (it being a cash crop grown in Tanzania) so one day in a fit of chocolate […]
OK, here goes, little insight into why you shouldn’t put missionaries on a pedestal. I said to Arthur the other day, this is what our life should be like:
In The Woodlands, we’re introduced to Rosa who lives in a world dominated by ‘The Superiors’ who apparently rule her world in an effort to ‘correct our faults’ after Rosa’s people lost a war. The Superiors are obsessed with race and have implemented some sort of program of cross-breeding to […]
I commented here that I don’t think Aussie missionaries should try to make Aussies dance like Tanzanians, but there’s something appealing about the verve of African worship, isn’t there? You may well see something in the below video from our church that you want for your church.
There’s a lady near where we park our car in town who sells grapes and we’ve gotten to know her a bit over the weeks. Purple grapes are a specialty in Dodoma region (no idea where they grow them though – I haven’t seen a vineyard!). I always buy a […]
Meet Jesus at uni 