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Jun 07

We were up at 5 am. We got some tea and bread and eggs and were on our way from Arusha to the ngoagora crater. Our driver sistey was very experienced and friendly. We saw baboons climb on safari vehicles while waiting to register. Then we descended into the crater. It was drizzly and overcast above the crater, however once inside it brightened up considerably. We saw lions,  all kinds of birds. Zebra, impala, water buffalo, boars, hyenas, jackals, and even a few elephants in the distance. Theresa and Lanee were our photography experts, with their state of the art cameras. Linda could remember every detail about each animal and immediately find it in the safari book. Donilyn although tired faithfully wrote each animal that we saw along the way. Carter provided endless entertainment to the group and took lots of pics and videos. Shay besides being amazing at randomly screaming and not taking pills. Was a great spotter for us always seeing the animals before the rest of us. Kristina gave us laughter at her witty comments and observations about wildlife. I guess it comes with the territory of an equestrian.   We headed back up the crater. We saw huge piles of Elephant dung on the one way trail. Kristina commented what would we do if we ran into a elephant up here. Well we did. Five feet in front of us was a large elephant eating the shrubs in solitude. We took pics and videos, as we tried to pass, it slammed its large head towards our car. We sped away from danger, only to run into another elephant and her baby. They were so amazing, but also dangerous. We spent the night at the rotia tent lodge. It was quaint and off the beaten path. Tomorrow we head off on our last day of safari before heading home!! 

Jun 07

We woke up in the untouched area of rotia. Our lodging was very nice, a large tented area that had bedrooms, bathroom and a sitting area. We left to go to lake manyara, or according to Carter lake  Myanmar. It was a pretty quiet day at the start. We saw some baboons and other smaller monkeys, blue and velvet. We also saw gazelle and hippos. We saw an elephant far away. No giraffes were to be found. Disappointed, we headed out of the park. Suddenly there were 3 -6 masai giraffe, one really close to us was eating from the trees. We were happy to be able to see some giraffe at last. On our way back to Imara, we saw about 15 elephants eating from trees on the side of the road. Our driver explained that was why we had not seen more, all the elephants had left the park searching for better food. After Imara, carter stayed behind to climb mt. Kilimajaro with his dad, but the rest of the team headed off for the journey home. Thank you for your prayers and support.  Carter returns home on June 18th, so please continue to pray for his safety, as well as the rest of the team as they travel home. Asante Sana. Bwana Asifiwe. Thank you, praise God.

Jun 07

We visited children at the Imara centre. 22 children with aids came to have some fun and forget about their disease for a few hours. Carter  sang them some songs in swahili, we also sang a song called hey baba that we learned in karanse.  The kids sang to us also in swahili. We had them make a craft, which was the gospel necklace with black, red, white, purple,blue, green, yellow. They loved it.  Kristina showed them what each color stood for and its importance.  Donilyn showed them how to make it step by step. Afterwards, Carter wrestled and sang some more swahili songs. The kids then told us their individual stories. Which were heartbreaking and encouraging at the same time.   Later we had lunch, Linda was such a  servant  bringing all the kids  water and juice, which she learned to say in Swahili. Next we handed out frisbees to the kids, which they loved. Lanee next passed out backpacks for each student that she had helped buy and organize. This was a huge deal to them, they never stopped smiling. Theresa then explained why we were here, and that we loved the kids and were so happy to be able to spend the day with them. Before we left, Carter, Shay and Kristina taught them red light green light. Or simama and twende. Shay also taught them simon says, or simon sema, they loved the games. We are next headed on Safari!!  More to come

Jun 04

We woke up and got breakfast. The beds felt sooo good. Theresa, shay and carter went off to one area, and lanee, linda, donilyn and kristina went with elijah to see other aids clients. the first team saw 4 aids clients ,with lyndall and adel.   It was so sad, to see them in such a helpless state. But it was also inspiring to see their faith and reliance on God if medicine was scarce.  Team two saw four clients. Their first visit was very powerful. Rosie was so sick, she could hardly sit up.  Along w having aids, she also had tuberculosis. Each team read verses to the aids clients, and we prayed for them. We also gave them food and vitamins.   After we were done visiting the aids clients, we took isack and elijah, our guides and part of their families out to dinner at Pepes, a great pizza and indian place. The pizza was so delicious. We were treated to some acrobatics while we ate. We were happy to see our guides families, and show them how greatful we were for their dedication and patience.  After dinner, we went back to the outpost, and slept soundly, despite the rain.

Jun 02

Day 3 we visited compassion children and were blessed by meeting and praying with the families. We also visited the punchmi/karanse school classes and they asked us questions and laughed when carter sang swahili songs with them.

Day 4- we visited 4 widows in karanse and 1 compassion child. Each of them welcomed us with open arms and open hearts. We prayed with them and gave them gifts from the team. carter stayed at the school for the day and helped teach english class 3 and civics class 6. Later we took a tour of the angaza women centre and saw goats, pigs, donkeys, dogs, and banana trees and got to see how our food was made. After dinner we sang songs with them. We loved their songs in swahili, and we sang some songs in english.

Day 5 - we were up and ate breakfast packed up and travel led  to arusha. We went by the IMARA offices. Tomorrow we will be doing HIV visits.

Carter Rhea

May 31

Atlanta - New York/Newark

One of the bags was oversize, almost had to pay a huge fee, but were able to tape it down to the proper size.

Carter was stopped in Newark to get his passport validated, was the last one on the plane, but the attendent moved him past the other passengers so he didn\'t have to check his luggage.

New York/Newark - Amsterdam

Slept a lot on the plane, nine hour flight, sadly there were no tv\'s, so sleeping and eating and ipods were all we did.

Amsterdam - Kilimanjaro - Arrived after 8 hours, TV\'s were on the plane to Arusha!!!!  Arrived safe, amazingly no bags were searched,which is very rare.

Day 1 - Karanse, seeing compassion children and widows 

We slept in houses at the Angaza women\'s center, had breakfast prepared and then left for a 30 minute drive to the Village of Karanse.

The children immediatly swarmed us all. Shay and Kristina blew bubbles, the other ladies talked and just loved on them.Carter ran and ran and ran, and was the ref for their soccer game. We saw the compassion kids and gave them their presents fromtheir sponsor parents. They loved them! Later on the ladies talked to about 60 widows. We gave all of the widows a bag of rice, they were so grateful!

Day 2 - Church

At 10:30 on Sunday morning, we went to the most amazing church services we\'ve ever been to! The flower lady was blessing us with blossoms during praise and worship. We each gave our testimony or spoke words of encouragement to the congregation.It was amazing to see everyone, and I mean even the 2 year olds, singing, dancing, and clapping with so much energy and passion for 3 and a half hours! We all wish that churches back in America worshipped like that! We thank God for being the God of all nations! Then we ate lunch and visited two compassion children. Please tell everyone to pray for us as we are experincing spiritual warefare!

Day 3 - Karanse, Punchmi School (Poor Uneducated Children Ministry) and widow visits

Please Continue to pray for us! Bwana Asifiwe (Praise the Lord!)

May 26

We are packed (to the gills), prayed over, and anointed. We are ready to go! We will be leaving in Thursday morning so keep us in your prayers. Pray that God go before us to prepare the hearts of those we see. Pray that we love like Jesus loves.

Tanzania Itinerary May 27-June 7

Thursday - Depart from Atlanta 10am

Friday - Arrive Kilimanjaro 825 pm (7 hours ahead of Eastern Std time)

Saturday - Working in the village of Karanse with widows and Compassion Children

Sunday - Worship in the village of Karanse

Monday - Working in the village of Karanse

Tuesday - Working in the village of Karanse

Wednesday - Travel to Arusha

Thursday - Visit HIV/AIDS clients

Friday - Visit HIV/AIDS clients

Saturday -  Debrief at Ngorongoro Crater/Rhotia Valley Tent Lodge

Sunday -  Depart for Kilimanjaro airport

Monday - Arrive Amsterdam (Linda and Lanee to stay 3 days)

     Team Arrives in Atlanta 2:45pm

May 24

Tuesday May 25th is our packing party. Please join us in the prayer room at 8pm for prayer for our team.