June 19, 2009
Last night we had our farewell dinner at the church. As it was last year, it was very joyous yet extremely emotional as we said our goodbyes. New relationships have been forged between our cultures to celebrate God's love. Already, members of the mission team are planning for the opportunity to return next year. Even though we did not finish some of the objectives we set for ourselves on the construction of the church we consider our short amount of time in Morogoro to be successful. We believe we demonstrated to the people we met throught the church there are those in America who believe in them and truly will do anything in our power to help. Our success from this mission may only be temporary. We will continually have to build on the successes of all teams to Morogoro in the future. This will be the only way to provide true hope for our friends.
This morning got off to an early bus ride to Dar es Salaam to catch a ferry to the island of Zanzibar. We arrived at our hotel (Temba Hotel) late in the afternoon. The hotel is on the beach on the west side of the island in the "Stone City" section. This area has a lot of fascinating history and architecture. Beautiful beaches, azure waters, walks through the narrow lanes between buildings and a wonderfully inspiring sunset have made our last full day a memorable experience. Tomorrow evening we begin our journey home and are looking forward to rejoining are loved ones and share all of our experiences with our friends. We will arrive in Oklahoma City Sunday evening. Until then, God Bless and thank you from Tanzania.
Last night we had our farewell dinner at the church. As it was last year, it was very joyous yet extremely emotional as we said our goodbyes. New relationships have been forged between our cultures to celebrate God's love. Already, members of the mission team are planning for the opportunity to return next year. Even though we did not finish some of the objectives we set for ourselves on the construction of the church we consider our short amount of time in Morogoro to be successful. We believe we demonstrated to the people we met throught the church there are those in America who believe in them and truly will do anything in our power to help. Our success from this mission may only be temporary. We will continually have to build on the successes of all teams to Morogoro in the future. This will be the only way to provide true hope for our friends.
This morning got off to an early bus ride to Dar es Salaam to catch a ferry to the island of Zanzibar. We arrived at our hotel (Temba Hotel) late in the afternoon. The hotel is on the beach on the west side of the island in the "Stone City" section. This area has a lot of fascinating history and architecture. Beautiful beaches, azure waters, walks through the narrow lanes between buildings and a wonderfully inspiring sunset have made our last full day a memorable experience. Tomorrow evening we begin our journey home and are looking forward to rejoining are loved ones and share all of our experiences with our friends. We will arrive in Oklahoma City Sunday evening. Until then, God Bless and thank you from Tanzania.
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