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Safari Means Journey
Safari is a Swahili word meaning Journey. This is our journey as a missionary family living and working in Tanzania, Africa.
Preaching and Teaching
The Bible is taught through preaching, teaching, tracts, and home Bible studies.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Talking Trash Can at Taco Bell
One day I was having lunch at Taco Bell and I went to throw my trash away into the designated trash bin and The Trash Can said, "Thank You." Yes, the trash can had talked.
I couldn't believe it ! Not that the trash can talked, but the fact that someone put that much time and money into making a trash can say "Thank You". For some reason or another it really, really make me question what was important in my life. What was I doing with My time and money?
My husband and I agreed that we should be doing more for God with our time and money, so we decided to save up and take a short term missionary trip to Tanzania, Africa. During our time in Tanzania I didn't see starving children, or hundreds of homeless people, as T.V. sometimes depicts of Africa, but we did see people without some of the basic things that American use every day. We saw people without running water, indoor toilets, no electricity, or cooking appliances, etc. We noticed that without even these basic things, that an American would call necessity, the people were happy, humble, and hospitable. The best part about Tanzania was that you could openly talk to people with a religious conversation. There was nothing uncomfortable about discussing God or His teachings. This trip really helped us see the more important things in life.
We realized that life wasn't all about working just to buy and collect things that didn't really matter. I personally knew that I wanted to stop working and be a better help meet to my husband. I wanted to help him to do more of what he truly wanted to do. He wanted to be a better servant to God through teaching others the Bible. We both wanted to live in a place where it wasn't uncomfortable to talk about God.
So fast forward, 7 years later. We have been working in Tanzania, Africa for over 4 years. We are working as a team together, striving to Glorify God, and we are remembering the more important things in life.
Thanks for the reminder Mr. Talking Trash Can.
