Love

We finally found an internet cafe and we fought hard to be able to come here. We arrived in Dar Es Salaam at appx. 630AM. The sun was just rising and it was the most beautiful thing we have ever seen. Amy was crying up until we got into the airport. We were finally here! We thanked God over and over for choosing us to come to Tanzania. We immediately drove to Iringa, a 10 hour drive, and ate dinner at one of the missionary's house. It was...interesting. We sang "Amazing Grace" in English and Swahili. It was well worth the 26 hour travel. After spending the night, (our first time to sleep in a bed, and our first time to see night since Texas) we drove another 4 hours to Makambako. You can see every single star in the sky at night- it is beautiful. In Makambako, we ate lunch and had to sit alone at a seperate table. Four native men sat with us and we got to know them. Two of the four spoke great english and asked us about our travels. One asked, "so how do you feel to be led by an African-American man?" We laughed, not really knowing how to tell him we voted for McCain. We then went to the village where we will be working at for the week and we met the children for the first time. Scared, they ran away. It is the first time for many of them to see white people. As we attempted to tribal dance, the kids slowly warmed up to us. We showed them our cameras which were a big hit. We said good-bye and headed back to the hotel. On the way we were comparing pictures when Amy realized she was scrolling through about ten. We realized that during the commotion, she had deleted all of the pictures. ALL OF THEM. We reminded ourselves that there weren't many pictures we just loved, Kelsey has pictures from London, and it was only the second day in Africa. We were thankful we at least still have our cameras. We were about to question God why this had happen when we looked up at the sky and saw the Southern Cross. Looking straight at us He said, "havn't I always told you? Everything happens for a reason." And we didn't think about the accident again. It has already been a long week but God has blessed us greatly. We are getting ready to go back to the village (an hour away) and provide VBS. Hopefully the kids will be more active with our teams. Please pray for the villages, the missionaries, and our team. Our goal is to have more Baptist churches from Makambako to Iringa. Also, pray that we will have more opportunities to post blogs. For the first time, Amy is becoming homesick.

Isiah 6:8 "And then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here I am, Lord, send me!"

Thanks to all!