Just a few pictures & experiences from the past few days

Below is a picture I snuck of our guard reading the Habari Njema broshure. We gave it to him, he told us that recently he was just given one by Witnesses at his door & that they were coming every Saturday to see him. Next time he came back he brought the broshure & was sitting & reading it until way past dark. He  was using the light from our windows to read. 

A few kids swinging 

This is our congregation : 

 Mwanza Magharibi

This is Agnes, she lives with a sister in the congregation. We saw her at the sisters shop sitting with a literature table. So we stopped & said hi. She was so excited to see us & just kept hugging us. The next day at the meeting I saw her & she sat with us. I noticed she didn't know where any of the books of the Bible were or numbers or anything. She has never gone to school, because you have to pay to go to school & people just don't have the money. So she doesn't know how to read. She asked me during the meeting if I would teach her how to read Swahili. After I talked to the sister she stays with to make sure no one studies with her. The sister tries her hardest to study at home but it's difficult because she doesn't know how to read. So I told her I would teach her & if it was okay that I study with her also. So she accepted & Agnes ran & got a learn to read & write book from the back of the K.H & brought it to me. Let the adventure continue...

Every Sunday as you've all seen we have the kids over. Last Sunday we sang songs, watched Caleb videos, two of our amazing kids cooked for all of us, then a game of soccer. I wouldn't call it a game as more of all the boys trying to kick the ball past ndugu Scott into the goal. The boys won. 

In case I don't get packages...you'll know why. This is our post office 

Our little monkey Samson we saw while preaching 

Need a roofer? I know who to call

Our new little puppy Nala-already she is a pretty good hunter, don't let the beautiful eyes fool you 

Mwanza is beautiful 

Learning to sort beans & rice so you don't accidentally bite a rock

Dentist anyone? 

Today was a pretty cool & exciting day. Filled with all kinds of experiences. So we did some errands around town. While we were in a shop that sells Bibles. There was a man who came in looking for answers basically. Researching different religions. So Scott showed him different things in one of the translations of the Bibles, he had many questions. Then we found out back in the 80s he studied with a missionary couple who unfortunately were killed in a bus crash with other missionaries traveling. But he welcomed to study again. It was really neat. Then we went to the top of Gold Crest Hotel, the view of city is beautiful. While we were at the restaurant at the top, there was a group of people sitting around having an interview. We asked the waitress, she said they were Christian Bella & Malaika band. When they were finished they passed us & said hey how are you in English. So we greeted them back in Swahili & their mouths dropped & they came back and wanted to take a picture with us. Haha. So then we went to Masai market & became friends with a couple of sellers. They made us a couple of bracelets but still gave us mzungu price so we said we aren't Wazungu, we live here & know Swahili. In the end they gave us good bracelets as zawadis. So then we ended our long day eating at Tilapia. Beautiful restaurant on the lake. While we were sitting waiting to go....a bat flew into me!! A fruit bat!! I'm like really? Craziness. 

Jumba la Ufalme

I think Sundays are going to be my favorite days!! So we walked to the meeting. It's a beautiful Kingdom Hall on a hill. Perfect views of Lake Victoria. Just breathtaking. Then we met all the brothers & sisters. They were so welcoming & loving. We met tons of kids & then they all walked with us home. At home we played Kimbia kutoka Misri game, ate beans & rice, we ran out of spoons & forks so a lot of us had to use tablespoon & teaspoon measures. After we danced, then played outside. The kids were so much fun to watch. They entertained us. From races, to kid trains, to drawing, playing games. They made us laugh hard! Had such a good time. 

Setting up

Today was another day of going to town & buying more things for the house. The power finally came back on this afternoon. It's nice to sleep with a fan tonight. We also bought another big bed, more room. Today was my first time to ride a daladala. It's a version of a mini van with seats so squished you couldn't believe it. We sat back to back with the driver which meant we were facing everyone staring at the Wazungu. Then there were probably 4 rows of seats after that. The driver was very good at not hitting pedestrians & other cars heading straight for us. Haha. Then there was someone hanging outside of the daladala who would collect the money & let people in or out. 

Setup almost done

Tomorrow is our first meeting! Can't wait!

Finally in Mwanza.

Four flights ✔️

 21 hours on the plane ✔️

Overnight stay in 

Dar es Salaam airport ✔️

We made it! Driving from the airport to the hotel was exciting. Dodging cars & people. Seeing everyone walking & how they lived was amazing. The women carrying an unlimited amount of things on their heads & the men sitting along the roadside. I thoroughly enjoyed the game everyone was playing of how many people & things can they fit on a motorbike or car. Can't wait to see everything & move into our house!