Church and Garden Party

To start the day we had the usual breakfast of bread and eggs with tea. At this point everyone was unsure what to expect from the church service being aware if would be completely different to home. One certain expectation we had was that we would spend the morning signing because singing has been a huge part of the past two years.

After breakfast we headed to Ano's church joined by David and Lulu in ­­­ where we received a very warm welcome from the minute Lulu (the blue bus) pulled up outside. The church had organised a seating area at the front so that we could enjoy the full experience. Not going to lie this was definitely a memorable experience. The singing and dancing never stopped as they celebrated God within this was also a chance for us to perform some of the English songs we had prepared for the duration of the trip. More than 3 hours later we headed to the priest's office where they had prepared tea for the group as well as taking pictures with visitors of the church as Ano is a man of making memories as he says. 

The group was extremely looking forward to the garden party at Noah's house with a few drinks 😉

From the minute we arrived the surrounding walls of the garden area where filled with children dancing along to the music playing. After buffet the children were allowed to enter the garden where a sea of small children flooded in. They were all so enthusiastic trying to grab our hands to dance with us whilst copying some dance moves modelled by many of our students. One small girl instantly grabbed my hand to dance who was called Belinda. She became attached to my hip even though we were unable to verbally communicate she constantly made me smile.

Obviously the bus journey back to the bible centre was a loud one, as always, filled with singing of both English and Swahili songs. The bus journeys are always a highlight excluding the journey to the bible centre in the early hours of the morning where our plans of sleep were interrupted by the Tanzanians singing. I had an amazing day getting to spend time with the group and some of our Tanzanian friends.

I just want to thank everyone for their donations to this trip they have made a substantial difference to many lives. The support has been unreal for out little family, so thank you!

 

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  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2018 at 12:42 AM

    I’ve got leaky eyes reading this, very emotional x

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