The last two and a half weeks since we got back from Mumena have flow by. We knew they would, but nevertheless, here we are incredibly surprised to be loading up and pulling out today after lunch. I hope that you'll be able to continue to get a picture of the things we've been doing and experiencing as more and more blog posts come through over the next few days (students are writing them, I'm just slow in posting them). Meanwhile, we're getting ready to visit missionaries in Tanzania and Uganda, to learn from them, their families, and their work, and to give us something with which we may compare our time at Namwianga. We're sad to leave the place we've called home since August 22, but we're excited for the learning opportunities ahead.
Here's a quick rundown of the next few days of our travel:
Today after lunch, we'll drive to a place just outside of Lusaka to spend the night. Tomorrow, we'll get up, eat breakfast, and make our way to the airport to catch our early afternoon flight. After a short layover in Dar, we make the rest of our way to Mwanza, where we'll be greeted by members of the Mwanza team and Geita team. On Thursday, half of our group will stay in Mwanza, while the other half will go to Geita (about a two hour trip, including a ferry across Lake Victoria). We'll spend the weekend split into two groups to maximize the learning potential of those few days, before we come back together on Monday and leave for our drive through the Serengeti on Tuesday.
En route to Jinja, Uganda, we'll be driving through the Serengeti, to the Ngorongoro crater, and on to the base of Mt Kilimanjaro, from which we'll fly to Entebbe. We fly out on Friday, and arrive midday to Entebbe. We'll be met at the airport by Bobby Garner who will escort us on to Jinja that day.
If you are a parent of one of the students, I'll send you an email with specific flight information.
If you're interested in the work we'll be seeing over the next few days, you can check out the websites for the Mwanza and Geita teams, as well as Bobby and Candice's work in Jinja:
Grace and peace,
Jeremy Daggett
HIZ 2012 Field Director
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