Patience

Sorry for the wait, it is always hard to find a good internet cafe when we get to a new city.

Friday we left Iringa for Morogoro. We woke up to Kristen yelling, "GUESS WHO DIED?!?! MICHAEL JACKSON!" It was a weird start to our morning. We made a last shopping trip in Iringa before walking to the bus stop. Margaret came with us. We waited about an hour to get on the bus and when we turned to say good-bye to Margaret she was full of tears. It was so sad to leave but we were very excited to see what else God had in store for us. We drove about five hours when we reached our amazing hotel in Morogoro. Morogoro is a beautiful city and much more hot than it was in Iringa. It had been raining off and on since we arrived. We took a short nap before meeting with two missionaries (who also read our blog) and they took us to dinner. At dinner we met a focus group from Kansas, it was nice to share our experiences with another group our age.

Yesterday we got up and went to another village. The kids and teens there were a lot different from the villages in Makambako and Iringa. They didn't run away! We taught them Bible stories and American games until it was time to leave. Marvin, Katy, Dale, and Bill A. walked door to door sharing the gospel and praying with families while we were teaching Bible stories. When we all met up again we walked to a nearby wood carvers. We didn't stay long and after it rained awhile we drove to lunch and had a short while to shop. Morogoro shopping is a little different from what we've been use to. Most of the shops sold used clothes and goods. We didn't buy anything until we got back to the hotel where a man was selling different jewelry and wood carvings. The girls had SO MUCH FUN trading things with him. We kind of became obsessed... We traded shoes, shampoo, backpacks, shirts, mosquito nets, razors, lotion, perfume, anything we could find! But in the end, we recieved a lot!

Today has been a great day. We split into three groups and visited different churches from around the area. We were excited because the church we went to was one of the churches our sisters went to in 2006. They remembered them well and told us to send their love. It was a unique service with roosters walking through the aisles and kids eating rocks. But we loved every minute! Afterwards we went to a very late lunch with the rest of the group and we are so full now! We plan on getting groceries and heading back to the hotel.

The plans for this week in Zanzibar have recently changed. We orginally planned to stay Monday-Friday but the churches we were working for are asking us to pay a lot of money we don't have. We havn't officially decided what we will be doing this week but we will get to go to Zanzibar for a couple of days.

P.S. Mom(s) we plan to go to Chili's the second we step back in Grapevine.