Well we have put on few miles since the last post. We travelled up country to Itigi, Mkiwa and Sukamahela. The first 120 km was on black top, then it took about 2 hours to travel 40 km. We must have swallowed 10 kg of dust each, and I am suprised no one broke their back!! We stayed over night in Itigi. It has a modern hospital that serves a very large area. People even come from neighbouring countries to get medical attention. Then the next day we went to Mkiwa and visited the Ursilin Sisters formation house. From there we went to Sukamahela, a village that has over 60 people with leprosy living there. The Ursilin Sister care for them. Even though many of them are blind and missing fingers and toes they are very happy, maybe we could all learn something from them!
Friday we were back in the village. Still digging(chiselling) our trench to the livestock trough and making one of the water storage tanks. Karen and Kateri got right in the termite dung to mix it with water. The villagers are getting closer to finishing their 500m ditch, hopefully when we go back there next Friday it will be done.
Friday night was PIZZA night and we also celebrated Cale's birthday. We gave it a good shot but we could not break the pizza eating record. Everyone had a good time, Fr Tim was the pizza cook and mmmmmm it was good.
Today we visited Hombolo and the Missions of Charity, Mother Teresa's order. They look after orphaned children, senoir men and women and lepers. They perform a huge service to the people there. The small children grabbed onto us and would not let go as we left the orphanage. The older ladies played the drums and sang for us, they happy people from Canada were there to visit with them.
Keep us all in your prayers
Lloyd
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What an amazing journey! So glad to see an update! We missed you!! Anyways hard to believe you will be on your way home in 18 days!!(not that were counting):) God bless. Safe travels.
ReplyDeletelove the pictures going up. love the stories. enjoy the next 2 weeks. they will go by so fast. you re always in our prayers God Bless. have fun
ReplyDeleteWe are loving the pictures!
ReplyDeleteAlways remember the lives you have touched and the difference you are making on your incredible journey.
Happy Birthday Cale ! we miss you
XOXO
Wow, I am homesick for Tanzania and all the memories your stories are stirring up...such a walk down memory lane. Have a wonderful next couple of weeks, stay safe, God Bless
ReplyDeleteI am following the Kamloops group arriving on Thursday, and I would really like to view the mission on Google Earth. Do you have the coordinates of the mission, as I cannot find Chihikwi on the web or on Google Earth? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteRob Stodola
Hey Rob, I wasn't able to find the exact village but I did find the compound. Its coordinates on maps on google earth are -6.1196,35.750772
ReplyDeleteYou can acually see the building they will be sleeping in. According to my son wo went a couple of years ago, the view is just a little dated but pretty accurate. Hope this hels. Let me know. :):)
hello everyone. What incredible photos! A life changing event for the tanzanians as well as the canadians! Keep up the great work, we're waiting here for the safe return of everyone, anxious to hear all about it, Anna and Lloyd...miss you guys. Prayers remain with you, and we'll be seeing you soon again. the Derflers
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