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Hi Everyone,
Arrived in Dar es Salaam (DAR) this morning and did not have my checked bag. Dr. Mark Ereth & Dr. Chris Mares from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and I met Randy Haglund from a church in Wisconsin. We boarded a charter plane to fly to Iringa, Tanzania about 2.5 hours. We met Ray Menard at the airport in Iringa and headed to the Tumani University the largest university in TZ. We had lunch and proceed to the Village of Ilambololi. I think the whole village was there. They met us on the main road into town singing and dancing to welcome us. They paraded in front of our vehicles to the first meeting spot – the home of the Lutheran church pastor where they continued to singing for an hour while we waited for the village meeting time. When the time came we were lead in a singing parade as we walked to the town center. There were several hundred people at this meeting, I have a lot of video to be able to share. Ray shared the with the whole town about the project the leaders have written. This took at least an hour because every leader has to be introduced. We then went into the meeting with the leaders back at the church. Of course, all of the children crowded around us and held our hands as the ladies and men sang us back to the church for the meeting. The meeting lasted until 9:00pm. Not a big deal except that there is no electricity in the village. We went to a dinner at the pastors home which is where stayed that night.
More later.
God bless you all for your prayers,
Russ MyersVice President Development