The day dawns early. Rather it is still dark out, but the Islamic call to prayer at 5 am followed by the Catholic Church bells at 6 am precede the actual sunrise by a large margin. So, dawn is a welcome arrival to actually see our surroundings    I look out of the room to see where…

When I found out that we were going to be based in Singida, Tanzania, I did what I always did when traveling to a new place. I googled it. The results came back a bit bare. Usually TripAdvisor and Lonely Planet were good resources to check. I did some further googling related to them. Still…

My full fellowship team met in the hotel lobby in the morning. Gökhan had arrived after a quick trip to Turkey over the weekend for a wedding and managed a smile even given his early morning arrival into Dar Es Salaam and having only had a few hours of sleep. Alex joined us and we…

I was settled into my seat on South African Airways looking eagerly over the African landscape from my window seat. I had forgotten that I had indicated a special meal on my star alliance profile so was surprised when they approached my general area and asked if anyone had a special meal. I ignored it…

My colleague, Helen, and our NGO partner, Alex, were oh the same flight as another fellowship group headed to Tanzania. After a full week of on-boarding, we were ready to start our actual fellowship and get working on our projects. We left in plenty of time for the airport as planned by the meeting group.…