Dispatch #5
September 6, 2008, 1:05 am
Filed under: Africa, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Anglicans United, Bus ride, Dodoma, God, Jesus, Lake Victoria, Praise the Lord, Priest wife, Tanzania, anglican, connectionkenya, friendship, interesting, jesus chirst, missionary, religion, worship | Tags: Add new tag, anglican, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Anglicans United
Filed under: Africa, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Anglicans United, Bus ride, Dodoma, God, Jesus, Lake Victoria, Praise the Lord, Priest wife, Tanzania, anglican, connectionkenya, friendship, interesting, jesus chirst, missionary, religion, worship | Tags: Add new tag, anglican, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Anglicans United
Dispatch 5 – Last Dispatch for this trip
From Station Dar es Salaam in Tanzania
Summer 2008 Fr Francis Wardega
I am at the airport, awaiting the flight that will begin my journey back to home in Michigan. The work here is finished for this trip. We heard so much, “Please come back. This was so good. Stay longer.”
The work finished with five days of teaching at Buigiri Bible School. The plan was that I would ride back and forth in Bp Chidawali’s Toyota Hiace minivan. The plan fell apart when the minivan fell apart. I ended up making the journey to/from the school in what is called a“dolla-dolla” a small bus. A small crowded bus with all seats and the aisle full. A small crowded bus with all seats and the aisle full that often included people and chickens and ducks! Thank God cows were so big that they required two tickets! Because the law prohibits standing in the aisle, the people doing so would sit on the floor whenever we were stopped at a police checkpoint.
My Bus
Classes ran much better than the minivan. There were seven full time students, one child, and one frequent drop in student. Their names were Timoth, Rhoda (and her five year old son, Nicodemus), Leticia, Aloyce, Japheth, Sospeter, Enoch, and Eliah. Who were they? One person described himself as a part time priest and a part time peasant. (In Tanzania, every July 7 is a holiday called Peasants’ Day) Another person was a carpenter. Most lived in simple mud and stick huts with dirt floors, no electricity, and cooked outside over an open fire. Their Anglican faith was the bright light in their life.
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August 9, 2008, 11:24 am
Filed under: Africa, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Daughter, God, Grandsons, Jesus, Lake Victoria, Praise the Lord, Priest wife, Tanzania, anglican, connectionkenya, interesting, jesus chirst, missionary, religion | Tags: anglican, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, missionary, Missionary Society of St John, Tanzania
Filed under: Africa, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, Daughter, God, Grandsons, Jesus, Lake Victoria, Praise the Lord, Priest wife, Tanzania, anglican, connectionkenya, interesting, jesus chirst, missionary, religion | Tags: anglican, Anglican Church, Anglican Missionary, missionary, Missionary Society of St John, Tanzania
I just love it when I get a text from my husband. He sent me a photo of his desk where he is staying. I enjoy it when he sends me photos. I just feel more connected! He will be very busy over the next few days visiting the local churches and such. He will be preaching tomorrow.
I was so surprised to have visitors yesterday. My daughter Anne and here two sons Thomas and Andrew came up to visit me for the week end. What a treat! I have not seen them for quite some time!! I will have a busy time ahead of me I’d say!
