Things are still going very well here in Arusha. It is hard to believe that on friday we will have been here for a month! We are about to start are fifth month of summer. The weather here is very nice, but we desprately need rain. Raymond, Karl-U.S.A, and myself can now get the bus into town and navigate the streets on our own, without the help of a local. The buses here are unbelievable, they are called dala delas they are just big vans which can hold up to 25 people. You some times just leave the sliding door open and a few people will hang out the door all the way to town, a good fifteen minutes away. It was a shock at first to see these 10 seater vans carrying 20 people, but now it is starting to become routine. School is going well, we are now on our third week of classes. I am missing fall, I have decided it is definitely my favorite season in Canada.

Chris

Hi everyone. I am sorry it took this long to get a post up, but internet connections are hard to come by around here. School is fully under way now, we finished our first week of classes on Friday. It was all about sin and forgivness. Our teacher, Leo, was from Uganda. It still has not rained here and it is very dry, we still have not gotten running water back yet. We could all use a good shower. Things are going well other than the lack of water, we are starting to get into a routine here. It was hard to believe today was my third Sunday here, we had a very long church service which lasted four hours. I am doing fine and appreciate your interesst in our trip.
Chris

We had an incredible safari. Sorrry I don't have a lot of time right now, but here are some photos. The one of the hyeena was taken with almost no zoom. Thanks to everyone who has had intrest in our trip.

Is this tree not straight out of the Lion King? Can't you see the crazy monkey with the stick sitting in it?

First day of School

We had our orientation to the school and the base today. So far about 30 kids have showen up for our dts program. They our from all over the world. There are students from Sweden, Finland, USA, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, UK, Uganda, South Africa, And there is even one other girl from Canada. Not only is she from Canada but she's even from BC. Hi James and Stefanie happy birthday. I'm sorrry it's late I tried emailing but it didn't work.It's between 15 and 20 degrees here, so not hot , but there hasn't been any real rain in over a year! It's not good, many of the tribes in the region are loosing their cattle to starvation and have nothing to eat themselves.

Does anyone know what the big fish in the port derby is?

Arrived Safely

We arrived at the YWAM base, here in Tanzania, yesterday afternoon. The bus ride between Nairobi and Arusha was very hot and long, but very interesting. We saw a herd of wild zebras and some antelope. There is a drought happening here so everything is very dry and dusty. Just wanted to let everyone know we arrived safely.
Chris

Younger brother energy at the airport

At the airport - the beginning of the journey...

On top of Mount Arrowsmith - Aug. 30, 2009

12 lb coho off pill point with Sandy R, Dad & Luke