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Jim & Annette's Travels: February 2009
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Saturday, February 21, 2009. Tanzania, a New African Adventure. In just five days, we will board a plane at PDX on our way to JFK, and Dubai, arriving Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. About 36 hours later. It's a new adventure for us, our first in East Africa. We will travel with a group of six, sponsored by Lahash, a small, highly-effective mission organization based in Portland. After an overnight stay in Dar Es Salaam.
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Jim & Annette's Travels: Damming Sand
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Friday, February 24, 2012. Photos in this post were taken by Edwin Angote,. Lahash's East Africa director. And I'm sure she represented all the folks in and around Dodoma. My first thought when I heard that downpour was, "Wow! How great for the sand dams. One of three dams constructed in 2008. The well and pump at a newer sand dam. But before I go on, a definition. A sand dam. Cool, clear water. Another important diffe...
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Jim & Annette's Travels: Village of Hope 2
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Wednesday, March 07, 2012. Village of Hope 2. See the previous post for a story of the morning visit to Village of Hope with Eliya. Shortly before 4:00 pm that same Monday, I was again on the way to Village of Hope, now with Dave Hanson, my friend from Portland, Tiffanee Wright and Mama Jafeti, Eliya’s principal caregivers at Grace and Healing Ministry of Dodoma ( GHMD. Dave Hanson and an infant get close. Village of H...
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Jim & Annette's Travels: Digital Domain in DOM
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Digital Domain in DOM. There aren’t many places in the world I more enjoy than Grace and Healing Ministry of Dodoma ( GHMD. Why the blank screen? Both Dave and I volunteer several hours a week at Free Geek. Dave contemplating an issue around downloading software. Early on we were shown an attractive, new room designed to be a computer lab for teaching children and adults. That was exciting,...
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Jim & Annette's Travels: December 2006
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Tuesday, December 19, 2006. New Textbooks, Happy Students. Recently, a friend, who has just returned from Old Mutare, sent us several letters from students with whom I worked. Here are a few comments from those letters:. 8220;Thank you for the math text books they have contributed a lot in our lives.” - Masimba. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). New Textbooks, Happy Students. Grace and Healing Ministry. The BIG Ministry, Intl.
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Jim & Annette's Travels: Crossing the Paths of Interesting People
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Saturday, February 18, 2012. Crossing the Paths of Interesting People. How much I value these unexpected relationships, so richly productive, even if brief. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Testing My Swahili, But Not a Passing Grade. Crossing the Paths of Interesting People. A Cross-Country Bus Ride. Africa, Here We Come! Grace and Healing Ministry. The BIG Ministry, Intl. View my complete profile.
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Jim & Annette's Travels: August 2006
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. One of my more thrilling experiences at Old Mutare was seeing quilting skills that Annette taught expanding to a larger circle. Annette had passed on to Cecilia Mabvumbe of Fairfield Children’s Home some more advanced quilting skills, hoping Cecilia would also pass on her knowledge. Sure enough, within a few weeks, Cecilia had organized. When the term begins September 5. We began a short tri...
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Jim & Annette's Travels: July 2006
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Friday, July 28, 2006. 8221; (usually saying, “At my age, I have no idea.”), and making other necessary end-of-term arrangements. Not least is to fret about whether there will indeed be transport and sufficient petrol for the return trip to Harare on (or before) August 6 when my first flight begins at 1:15 pm. Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Jack of All Trades . . ? Ht to electrify the machine. I saw it could be installe...
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Jim & Annette's Travels: February 2006
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Jim and Annettes Travels. An account of our 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012 trips to Africa. Saturday, February 18, 2006. Click picture to see a screen-sized image.). Children at Fairfield Children’s Home! All will become much more familiar when we return there in early May. We fly from. May 1-2 and will soon be on our way 250 km east and south to Old Mutare, in a rural area near. Old Mutare is a historic United Methodist mission station, founded in the 1890’s when the country was. The goal of many students&#...
