Safari Means Journey

Safari is a Swahili word meaning Journey. This is our journey as a missionary family living and working in Tanzania, Africa.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Generator Repair

We had a repair man come and fix our generator yesterday and I thought I would share some differences about that with you. First of all Joseph (a man who works for us around the house)  went to town and found him in a garage. He said that the garage repairs all sorts of mechanical things, lawn mowers, motorcycles, generators, etc. It is unusual because if someone comes to your house to fix something they usually come by the “dala dala” African bus where they literally pile people on top of each other, and then the repair person walks. So for starters the way the person gets to your house is different. Well the man, named Bensen, came right...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Using the Internet

Well it is less than a week before we make the big move. The Jensen family has already been there for almost a few weeks now and has really helped us get our house ready. They have even started the process on getting us the internet. This will be nice as I use the internet for a lot of things. Some may think that the internet is just a luxury, especially to a missionary, and this is true, but I use it for everything. I not only use the internet for communication, and this blog, but I use it for many other things. I use it to homeschool the kids, and it is also my personal reference to everything. In America if the kids are sick and I am not...

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