Through the Seasons

Hello from Tanzania

Sorry it’s been so long since communicating with you!  We have been sorely out of touch and will continue to be for a while yet.  We are at the campsite in Iringa preparing to begin language school next week.  At the moment I’m at an internet cafe in town (which we don’t get to very often).  The speed of the internet is quite good I’d say and for only about 45 cents a half hour. 

Although I have continued to be sick, I have tried my best to keep up with the schedule.  This has proved to be a bad decision.  Tuesday of last week was my worst yet and even with the medicine I was sick all day long and only managed to keep down a few strawberries.  I have continued to get better since and haven’t gotten sick in a few days now.  I don’t know yet how I’m going to handle language school since all morning long is my worst time.  I’ll do the best I can without pushing myself beyond these new limits of mine. 

So, as for the campsite…  At first we were in a tent and there was a hike to a bathroom that was just grueling on me.  We got to move into a banda with a bathroom but only until this morning when we moved back into a tent but one closer to bathrooms.  If any bandas with a bathroom open up in the future we’re second on the list to get one.

I guess in summary it’s been tough going but the Lord has definitely met us at each moment and gotten us through.  I will be through my first trimester on Friday and will soon go for another ultrasound (at a cost of about $8) to make sure the baby’s progress is still moving along nicely.  With how I’ve been feeling, I suspect he or she is well (one benefit of the sickness I suppose). 

As far as temperature it definitely gets cold here but so far we’ve done well to keep warm.  We’ll see how the temperature is at the new tent.  I have to say I really like our new location the best of anywhere we’ve been so far.  I hope we can just settle in there.  This is our fifth move since coming to Tanzania and I’m tired of saying, “Where is my…?”    The campsite itself and its surroundings are beautiful.  Hopefully now that I’m feeling better I’ll be better able to enjoy it. 

No pictures to post here now.  You can see some on our main website though under “photos”.  At each picture there’s a link to show where on a map the picture was taken.  So enjoy and hopefully I’ll be able to communicate more frequently now that we’re more settled into our location.  Now to figure out how to send cards and letters…