KILAMANJARO AT LAST.

Hello readers! WE DID IT . We are finally through all the long flights and lay overs in the airports, they went smoothly with no real complications at all- well except for ALMOST missing out connecting flight from Ottawa to Montreal but we all managed to get on and have arrived at our destination! We have spent our very first night in Tanzania Africa. Stepping off the airplane I got an overwhelming smell of earthy dirt and cigars it was lovely and we had a 30 min drive to where we are currently staying at Angaza womens center located by the town Sanyu Juu, West Kilimanjaro - it means light and we are indeed hoping our mission here will be a light to those arount us. Karibu sona (i think that is spelt right) is swahili for a very warm welcome.  Once arriving at the center we ate right away- the best mushroom soup I have ever had and then were taken to our accomadations, we are staying in a very cute little house WITH A SHOWER AND FLUSHING TOLIET. We have spent the day wandering the center seeing the different things they teach there- cooking, gardening, tending cows and sheep. SHOCK for me was seeing a WHOLE goat roasting on a spit with its head still furry and another one about to be slaughter bleaping tied to a tree. AS IS LIFE. They kill goats for special occasions such as weddings I think this one was killed for the celebration of a being done a council meeting or something. We have met some of the youth we will be working will doing vocational bible studies over the next few days I believe we will be leading five different small groups for disscussions after presentations/speechs. We spent some time at the market being bombarded by sales people, they have some very creative people here in Africa. BEAUTIFUL artwork. So far all of us are doing pretty well with jet lag and we are trying to keep up our pace. Please continue to pray for safety and effectiveness in our ministry. Thanks Danielle (Team Leader)