
The team is back together after being separate for almost a week. We piled in the back of a very small truck with all of the shopping for the bible college and our gear and were off. It was really fun to be driving through Tanzania with the wind in my hair!

We reached International Evangelism Outreach - a bible college that takes in 80-100 students free of charge, trains them up for 6 months and then EVERY STUDENT starts a church or ministry. These guys are HARD CORE. They get up at 3 am to pray for 3 hours then breakfast, classes all morning ... afternoon classes ... then work duties ... then night classes and sleep at 10pm. Everyone lives in dorms so married couples have to sleep separately for the 6 months. They put me to shame ... but boy do they love God.

This college is funded completely by support from the states. They have a huge truck that drills water wells ... and people constantly come to help out doing specialised things. We have already met a
Internet genius from Seattle (hence the wireless) and a great family from the Seattle region who take incredible pics (you will see some soon - as he took pictures for my prayer cards). Just being on these grounds shows me that NOTHING is out of God's reach and we should ALWAYS PRAY BIG!!
Teaching has been hard, there have been many lessons learnt through great and hard times. Our schedule changes daily. We had 2 weeks teaching but the students have to harvest in the midst of this time so our teaching time gets cut and they are tired but so passionate. It is sad to know that this is my 2
nd last week in Tanzania but I really love these people and their language. I will try to keep learning Swahili when I leave and would love to bring another team of teachers back here one day soon!
You learn quickly in Africa that you do not need much to give much and feel blessed. I feel like I have learnt more from the people than they have from me. Beautiful!
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