Thursday, April 9, 2009

please appreciate the pictures

So, pictures take a long time to upload here in Tanzania--about an hour a picture, so please, appreciate them.  They took some time.  

Anyway the picture on the left is of us in a village.  We spent about four hours listening to the preacher, the guy who summarizes the preacher, the communion guy who preaches longer than the preacher, and then to the singing, which seemed to involve a lot of microphone testing and failure.  Why they think they need microphones in the middle of the village with 50 people in a small area, I don't know, but they really seem to.
Though they didn't seem concerned about the microphones when the rain came, which could explain the reason for the failure of the microphones.  

On Saturdays here, it seems that most of the expat children of Mwanza get together to play soccer.  Brett got to coach some and I got to watch with the other women and their kids who were too young to play.










It's the rainy season here, so this is a picture of Carson playing in the rain with our courtyard giraffe where we stayed in Geita. It was raining so hard the picture came down sideways... 

Did I mention that I don't really understand how to make this blog thing work properly?
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12 comments:

  1. LanceApril 12, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    Thanks for the pics! Great to hear from you!

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  2. UnknownApril 13, 2009 at 10:14 PM

    funny on the sideways picture.

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  3. JaneApril 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    Loving the updates! Thanks for taking the time to write and upload pictures! They are being appreciated!

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  4. Michael and HannahApril 14, 2009 at 4:19 AM

    So great to finally see you in Tanzania! I promise to FULLY appreciate each picture and the time you put into posting! Praying that God will continue to bless your ministry.

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  5. Isaac JohnsonApril 14, 2009 at 9:59 AM

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  6. DaishaApril 15, 2009 at 4:25 AM

    And did you realize you got a picture of a lady breast-feeding?

    Already blind to it, huh? :)

    Daisha

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  7. CherylApril 16, 2009 at 5:29 AM

    I LOVE THE PICTURES!!!! (especially the sideways one). The update made me laugh too (particularly the microphone bit) and brought back good memories of church in the villages.

    And I, too, noticed the breast feeding woman and found it funny that you posted the picture with her rather than a picture of the actual soccer playing. Lol.

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  8. CherylApril 16, 2009 at 5:30 AM

    Btw... what's up with all the white folks? Are you telling the truth about being in Africa?

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  9. HannahApril 21, 2009 at 8:51 PM

    Thanks for the pictures! They are truly appreciated. Even if you are showing women breast feeding. What is the world coming to? ;)

    It's great to hear and see what you are up to. I will continue to pray for you and your group. Hopefully that car will come soon!

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  10. Bruns FamilyApril 26, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    Thanks for the pics, except the breast feeding one of the two year old...i'll have to agree with Cheryl about rather seeing the soccer game, ha!

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  11. AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 7:26 PM

    Thanks for the news and photos.

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  12. Brett and ChristieApril 30, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    Sorry about the breast feeding...didn't realize it til after...was hoping no one would notice. And she's 9 months, not 2. and I promise I'm in Africa, despite the lack of black people in the pictures. Did you notice the hut in the background?

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