6/20/98: Today was sports day for all of Dan & Julie’s boys. Wes and Will (twins) and Jason all play rugby on the Gateway Christian School team. Two of them wound up…
Tag: Zimbabwe
The Multi-cultural Tapestry Of The Global Christian Movement
6/17/98: TEAM staff member Sydney gave me a ride over to Harare Theological College (HTC) this morning. I took photos of the campus and students in classroom settings… 6/18/98: No work assignment…
Helping Without Hurting
6/16/98: Hung out with Nancy E. this morning as she was going through the orientation process with 3 new TEAM summer project members (college students from US and Europe)… 6/16/23: We had…
Contextual Intersection
6/15/98: Ruth went off with Melita this morning for tea downtown. I was glad she finally got to spend some time with someone other than me! 24 hours a day, seven days…
Wrong Side Of The Road
6/14/98: Our train arrived in Harare exactly on time, and we managed to sleep better on this leg of travel. We found a taxi driver who agreed on a reasonable price and…
View Of The World
6/13/98: Arthur had to work, but Sylvia, determined to show us even more adventure, took us to the Matobo National Park… NOTE: The photo above is a detail of the cave paintings…
When Dining Is A Whiplash Experience
6/12/98: Ruth and I went to the National Museum and were quite impressed. Small, but excellent presentations. One display there was particularly interesting to me… NOTE: The photo above is the display…
Very Very Small Antelope
6/11/98: Got precious little sleep due to the constant starts and stops of the train. It was rather cold as well… NOTE: The photo above is a Bush Duiker that we saw…
Crazy People Jumping Off A Bridge
6/10/98: The bridge that straddles the gorge under Victoria Falls now serves two purposes. First it is a border crossing to Zambia. Second, it is a launching point for crazy people who…
Mosi-oa-Tunya: The Smoke That Thunders
6/9/98: A very full day that included a crocodile ranch, a troop of baboons, several grazing elephants and a walk along the upper Zambezi River that ended with a spectacular view…
Zebra In The Mist
6/8/98: Went on a guided safari walk at sunrise this morning, out in Balla Balla Field and Sibayao Pan just outside the main camp. The morning mist lent an ethereal look to…
We Began To Feel Self-Consciously Embarrassed
6/7/98: Up early for a nice breakfast. It is getting to feel rather extravagant to be so well taken care of! The H’s, W’s, and Q’s have brought an abundance of delicacies…
I Did Not Know Hyenas Eat Bones…
6/6/98: 75 days since we left home, and now we find ourselves treated to a safari by new friends and learning about big game in their native habitat from Ndebele and Shona…
Unfamiliar Experiences Breed Respect
6/5/98: Up at 4:30am to catch a flight to Bulawayo. Sylvia H. met us at the airport and brought us right home, introduced us to her husband Arthur, then we made haste…
A Couple Of Hours, And It’s A Bit Bumpy…
6/4/98: Packed up once again to begin a cross-country trip to Bulawayo. No one from the hospital was heading to town, so we caught a local bus into Harare. There were differing…
My Brief Career As An Aerial Photographer
6/3/98: Dan and I tried to climb a tree this morning, hoping to get a nice panoramic photograph of the whole compound from across the river… NOTE: The photo above…
Kind Of Blue
6/2/98: Both Ruth and I are finally experiencing our first real case of homesickness… NOTE: Photo above is a village home, or musha, that I photographed on one of our forays…
A Heartwarming Work of Stunning Faithfulness
5/23/98: Met with Dan S. and Doug E. to outline and strategize the details of our work for TEAM here in Zimbabwe. There are interesting and fun projects for both of us!…
A Language Of Reflection And Appreciation
5/20/98: Both of us tired and nursing a head cold. The harried pace of the past couple of days caught up with us. Enjoyed a cultural orientation class with Nancy E… 5/21/98:…
When You See The Southern Cross For The First Time
5/19/98: Arrived safely in Harare, Zimbabwe at 8am, our first time in the Southern Hemisphere. Met at the airport by Doug E, one of the missionaries we will be working with….