Wednesday, May 17th

  hello friends As of today, our team has been in the beautiful country of Tanzania a total of one week. Our team split into two groups again today. Matt, Kayline, and Alyssa tagged along with the Hospice Team to go on in-home visits, while Kelsey, Jamie, Ryan, and I went to the Loama School … Read more

Tuesday, May 16th

  Jambo rafiki! It has been another busy, but rewarding day here in Arusha. Our team split up again this morning with Jamie, Alissa, and Ryan riding along with the hospice team and Taylor, Matt, Kaylin, and I heading for a local primary school to perform HIV teaching. The school that we visited today was … Read more

Monday, May 15th

Habari Rafiki yungu, Today we woke up to an amazing breakfast here at Ahadi Lodge in Arusha. The freshly squeezed orange juice and freshly baked banana bread welcomed us at the breakfast table after a nights rest. Our group then split up for different projects. Matt, Kelsey, and Taylor went on hospice home visits and … Read more

Sunday, May 14th

This is a special day for all of the team’s mothers.  We have a flower that we have picked for you and we are sending all our love on this special day.  Hugs to all of you and know that you were in our thoughts and prayers today.   Hope Ministries Team   Jambo! Today … Read more

May 13th, Saturday

Today our team set up a clinic at a school in a very remote Maasai village outside of mining town. Many of the people that came to see us today were malnourished from the droughts that have effected this area over the past few months. Thankfully it is now the winter season and since we’ve … Read more

Friday, May 12th

  Wow! What an eye-opening and exhausting day we had. We went to a mining town for the Outreach Clinic. Driving through the poverty-stricken town was shocking in itself, but then we started seeing patients. We were in charge of counting pills and assessing the patients that Julius sent our way. We were inside a … Read more

Thursday, May 11th.

Praise the Lord the team has arrived safely. Habari! The team has arrived! What a wonderful day we had in Tudor Village. This morning we got a taste of Africa when we did not have any water, and then when we got water, we had very cold showers. We ate breakfast with the team and … Read more

Wednesday, May 10th

Wednesday, May 10th I am so excited today, because part of my team is arriving this evening on KLM (7 of them). The Tanzanian team and I are ready for them to come and we have a lot of great things lined up that were are going to be doing. We have been praying for … Read more

Monday, May 8th

Monday, May 8th What a glorious weekend it has been! I have been able to spend time with some very good friends and was blessed with being able to visit the Maasai man that we did surgery on this last January. This man is around 66 years old and had been mauled by a lion. … Read more

Sunday, May 7th.

Sunday, May 7th A tragedy has occurred here in Arusha that has broken many hearts and many of asked “why?” God has taken home around 31 students and two teachers. The numbers keep changing. These sweet innocent children of God were killed in a tragic bus accident. The weather has been very rainy with muddy … Read more