mambo!! =)

hehe that's swahili for a casual "hey"! and yesss indeed i got to use my swahili again, cuz i just came back from a couple days in tanzania!! it was kinda a last-minute decision but i went to go visit some friends in dar es salaam that i met last time i was in tanzania 3 years ago!! it was a little pricey but absolutely worth it, it was such an awesome visit - seeing some friends again that were a big part of a very significant time of my life!!


here's me with Josephat, who I was in the villages in Tanga with sharing the JESUS Film, and Rose, Freddie's wife, and Freddie, who was also working with Life Ministry Tanzania with us when we were there.

and Helawi, who was on my Campus Ministry team and taught me a LOT about loving Jesus & sharing Him... such a great little reunion!
i stayed with Freddie and Rose & their little son Ian, but I got to surprise Helawi & Josephat, and they were SUPER shocked!! =)
it was really awesome, seeing the place where I stayed before and seeing the familiar streets where me and my roommie Amy used to go running in the mornings, and going back to the University of Dar Es Salaam, where we were every day for a month...

and walking the same familiar paths to the student residences i walked every day, to the places where i stood and shared with people about my life with Jesus, this picture im sure doesnt mean anything to you guys... but for me... just SOOO many awesome memories and experiences.

and even cafeteria fruit guy was still there!! not the same guys we knew... but yah, had my little fresh mango & papaya fill =)

and just for fun, we went to a beautiful little tropical beach for a day

so in the last 2 months, i've swam in the north arctic sea off of norway, the atlantic off the west coast of france... and here on the east coast of tanzania!! =)


just a quick update for now, but more thoughts to come. our course has just started today, and it looks really really amazing, field excursions and lectures for everything from research methods to project appraisal to ecotourism and yah... busy busy schedule, but it looks very promising to be amazing!! ill be in touch again soon!!

lotsa love!
rainbow =) ("upinde wa mvua" in swahili (tanzania) and "namusoke" in luganda (here in uganda!)