Gayle Stroschein

I have arrived safely to my home of Africa.  It was a long flight and it was snowing in Amsterdam when we landed so we had a little delay but God got me here safely.   As I arrived at the Kili airport and stepped off the plane I was so excited to see my … Read more

Well I will depart tomorrow to head to my 2nd home of Tanzania, Africa.  Sending many hugs to my family and friends.  Please stay safe and well while I am gone.  Sad to leave my family but excited to see my Africa family.  I will be doing work to get things lined up for the … Read more

Today is our last full day here in Africa. Gayle and the boys went back to Tudor Village to try and wrap up the mattress saga while us girls went on some more hospice visits. We went to a village about an hour away from Arusha. The first woman was 60 and HIV positive. She … Read more

You must be this tall to ride the ride. Sound familiar. Those of you that have attended an amusement park would know these were the qualifications to get on a roller coaster. Well we must have met the criteria because today we defiantly went for a ride. It was a ride of emotions starting with … Read more

Amanda reporting for our day three of the safari! As we headed to Ngorongoro Crater it was pretty misty, cloudy, and chilly. On the road leading up to the gates of Ngorongoro Crater sat a bunch of baboons. The ride into the crater was creepily beautiful, surrounded by lots of forrest and fog. Once we … Read more

Hello! This is Katie again.  We had a fun day today!  We started our day early this morning to meet with the bushmen.  On our way we saw a very dangerous site, which seems to common here.  Some guy was hanging onto the side of a safari vehicle and also riders on the top of … Read more

Sorry we did not have internet on safari so will be posting the last 3 days because back where we have internet. Well the team is high with excitement this morning as we are preparing to head out on our first day of safari.  This is where we get to see God's beauty of Africa. … Read more

Ring a ding ding ding. Yep thats the church bells ringing you know what time it is, to pull on the maxi skirts and try to look half way decent. After getting a much needed morning of relaxing till nine o'clock Freeman showed up on time and it was on our way to church. We … Read more

As we hear many times while we are here on Africa, "You never know what is going to happen, it is always a culture experience." It was a chilly morning and to start us off good Fraja showed up on Mama Gayle time, well before 8:30! We hopped into the van and we were on … Read more