A DAY OF ANTICIPATION
I felt a strong
prompting of the Lord to meet my “amigos” So I responded by buying a bus ticket
the day before traveling to Tabora. In the guest house where I stayed overnight
before getting on the bus at 5 am, extreme heat and a room filled with
mosquitoes kept me awake till dawn. There was a television in the room and I
decided to turn it on with the hope that the mosquitoes could be attracted to
watch a video but the idea failed.
The next morning
I realized that my ticket was lost… My question was: does God want me to see my
gringos? If the answer was yes, then where is my ticket? Is it possible to hike
from Dar to Tabora on foot? A whispering voice sounded from my heart addressing
me to look inside my computer and there it was! I was very excited to see it and
reasoned that I left it when I was emailing Xerggyo on his Birthday. I
got up and said three very important words- Go to God! Then I hiked through a
narrow street to the bus stand. I spent 15 hours on the bus which was a blessing
as we arrived early without mishaps.
A JOYOUS NIGHT!
Arriving home at
10 pm I was welcomed by a cheery greeting of my amigos both Don and Xerggyo as
well as from others, big hugs from all of them and lots of laughter as we
hoisted each other up. (Don Xerggyo and I). What a splendid night with joy and
prayers it was!! Mom, Margret,
Faraja & Mfaume were screaming with joy too. I wondered if Xerggyo was able to
remember his Swahili, but he greeted me with a very pronounced Swahili: Habari
yako rafiki. Nimefurahi kukuona! (Hello friend, I am happy to see you!)
The next day we
had time for a long conversation; we exchanged Scripture, and shared about Don's
and Xerggyo's time in Mexico, Canada, Turkey, and Israel as well as in Africa.
Both they talked so much about many friends from countries
who are praying
for us so much and they sent the warm greetings from Canada, Mexico as well from
many churches.
Photo: Xerggyo
and I exchanging news and studying too.
I have learned so much that Zero is
something although so many people extend to say, zero has no value, I was one of
them but now I have abandoned peacefully and I can tell them on the value of
Zero. This is because of Xerggyo.
There also so many sharing we had not only the mentioned ones! My English seemed
to be not improved but through Don, and Xerggyo as well as the lesson
continuation with Mom makes me to improve a lot and my English comes up to be
good, praise God!
Remembering on our conversation with Don
on my English improvement, ‘I can take an example from car. If a car manufacture
wants to increase the speed, he can do so by increasing the horsepower of his
engine, so, through this idea, I learned that, I have to increase the speed on
English findings in order to make my English good!
! I can't forget
all of the books from God's Child Nell Carpen which are helping me soooooooo
much with the one given by my amigo Don and so many gifts from Canada, and
Mexico. This is God's mercies and blessings to us which come in every new day!
MORE FUN WITH
DON AND XERGGYO
Travelling with
Don and Xerggyo on foot or by a track made me scream with joy, when I found one
of these gringos hiding at the back of the van. I was sure that Don felt so much
young when he was in his lovely
Tabora
city. You can't match him in Olympic
athletes; he said and cherished us with his big smile and laugher!
Xerggyo did the same with so many
Swahili sentences.
MY TRIP BACK TO DAR- ES- SALAAM
I couldn't reach the broken bridge to see and take its picture because it was
far away from where our bus stopped, almost about one hour and a half to get
there...The guest house was full of strangers and is fewer than the number of
visitors and was expensive.
Talking with Mom, , Xerggyo and Ngassa on the phone to narrate on our venture,,
I suddenly received a text message with an encouraging news from them,,''
Please stay with the bus'' Yes , I did so until the bridge was re-traced. Then
we started the trip at 5 am from Moro-Dar, and arrived at 7 am very tired!!!
I intended to sleep after getting to my lodgings as I thought of my properties
would have had grabbed by the bandits while on the way. I held my bag tightly
and have been praying for the trip. I divided the amount of money I had into two
different packs, if the one would have been taken, the one have to stay with me.
I am thankful to our sweet and sovereign Lord that, nothing bad happened in
spite of missing sleep and staying on the way for a whole day!
Thank you very much for your prayers, we made it safe in spite of passing in
some forest. I value and put meaning to all prayers. Thank you a millions once
again and God bless you richly.
Vehicles got stuck in Morogoro