Still in Dar, visiting people. I will be glad to head to Arusha on Tues - this city is huge and everyone is spread out all over the place. Traffic is bad and weather is hot! Friday I had lunch with my German friend Susi. We met when she came thru my language school as a student. She works for SIL/Wycliffe Bible Translators and is now (6 yrs later) the head of all language survey in Tanzania and Uganda. She gave me a tour of the headquarters and we ate hamburgers at a nice restaurant. Even though it had only been a week, it was still a little funny to be hanging out with wazungu (white people) and speaking English. It was great to hear about her work.
Friday night was the rescheduled dinner for friends here. It ended up being 13 of us! We arranged to meet at 7 pm. I arrived at 7:45 pm. I think the last people arrived around 8:30 pm. Time is very "flexible" here :) I'm so proud of my friends. Some are still studying, but others have good jobs as civil engineers, loan officers, bank branch managers, university teachers etc.
Saturday enjoyed the beach and today went to church and lunch with an American couple who work for Young Life here. They work in an international school and have their first club on Friday. There are also some Tanzanian staff here who work in the govt schools. It was fun to hear more about YL here since it didn't start until after I left. Hugs to all!
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Hi Kari,
I laughed that you were 45 min "late" for the dinner and not really late. Greet Erik, Bernice and Nashesha for us. We have also sent an email to your regular email address. Love Byrna and Bob
I'm so glad that dinner could be rescheduled! It's good to read about you. You are in my prayers. :-) Deb
Dude...I wish I were you talking to that language surveyor...
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