There are 8 of us going this year to visit our companion church and Mtera School. Here we are packing the school supplies and congregational gifts that will be given from St. Paul Lutheran Congregation.  Our trip begins on Thursday Jan. 3 when we leave in the afternoon for a 9 hour flight to Amsterdam. We have about 4 hours in Amsterdam and then we board another 9 hour KLM fight to Dar Es Salem, Tanzania.  We will arrive in Tanzania about 11:00 pm Friday night.  Our first night will be in the Pentecostal Guest House, which by the way has air conditioning and is very appreciated with the hot (90’s) and humid (75 dewpoint) weather.  On Saturday we will have an 8 hour drive to Iringa, stopping in a game park for lunch.  This is where we will see our first African animals. Saturday night we will stay at the Lutheran House which has just been renovated. Sunday morning is worship at one of the Iringa Lutheran church.  By Sunday we hope to be able to use a computer and add some pictures to this website.  May God Bless our journey as we go!

Traveling:  Carole England, Stephanie and John Kennedy, Jenny Coozennoy, Allison Beebe, Mike Beebe, Stephanie England, Bill England