Bang! Bang! Bang! “Hodi. Hodi? Baba Nia! Baba Nia? Njole.” I cracked my eyes enough to see that the sun was just peeking over the horizon. My body ached with fever and I was sweating. The sound vibrated through my head like a cymbal crashing by my ear. Again, the old man repeated the process...

Mission trip to Tanzania to teach and encourage future pastors, and evangelize villagers who live around the school. April 22-29, 2018 Majahida Bible Training School Bariadi, Tanzania [maxbutton id=”1″] ITINERARY Fly into Mwanza, Tanzania. Head to the village where we will teach in the school during the days and go house to house during the...

The next day we planned to over to the Bible school in Katungulu where Miranda and I have a couple pastor friends. To get there you have to cross a portion of Lake Victoria by ferry. Amos, the principle of the school, heard that we were visiting and called me and arranged to take us...

The next day, after the Busi ministry day, we said our very sad good byes and waited for the bus. The whole time the boys that lived by me had alluded me. I saw one and greeted, but he was shy and quiet and left very quickly. I think they were afraid to be rejected...

Busi was a great experience for Eric and I. For very different reasons. He was able to experience many aspects of a rural tribal African culture, and meet the people we had been living among for 2.5 years. I, on the other hand, was able to sit and eat with loved ones I hadn’t seen...

Today was our second day in Africa. Originally, we wanted to be sleeping in Busi tonight, but I think I was over ambitious. We made it to Babati much later than we anticipated and chose to sleep here. I didn’t want to enter into the village at 9-10 at night. I wanted to greet everyone...