Continuation....

After we left the school for the Disabled children we drove to Moshi. It was a beautiful day, the sun was bright, the clouds were puffy white and the rest of the sky could not have been more blue. As we drove away from this village I was reminded of the simplicity of the Tanzania people. The women walking with their "goods" on their head...once again I was admiring their strength both physically and mentally. Most of these women had children along side of them holding their hands or guiding them off the road as cars would pass by. The cattle and men herding them was yet another reminder of how life remains simple and basic....maybe they have worries and stresses but from the looks of it, they are content and happy to be alive. As I drove past each person, I wondered what they were thinking as they looked at me. I was reminded that if I kept these people in my memory I could pray for them even though I didn't know their names, their lives might be a little it better.

We arrived in Moshi with the help of our friend Mike who so patiently drove us to meet our dear friends Sister Scolastica, Agasta, Claudia et all. We met at the "provincial house" where we were greeted with the warmest welcome. It was mid afternoon and we had not stopped for lunch along the way. Our dear friend Sister Scola had her sisters prepared their "leftover" lunch of rice and beans. As we were invited to the lunch area, we were so welcomed by the beautiful place mats, clear plates and the warmth like being at your Grandmothers house. We were most welcomed. Mike had decided to remain outside to watch the vehicle and rest a bit. The dear sisters took him a Fanta so that he could relax. He was so patient and never once complained about driving and waiting for Karen and I. We were so blessed by his patience.

We departed with Sister Scola and made our way to the Sisters school/convent/university about and hour from Moshi. Here is where we were greeted by "all" the sisters who were in training and others that were completed and working for God 24/7/365. WOW talk about a powerful experience. Our "partners" for our food programs were finalized and put into place. We were able to share a Coke and some homemade popcorn with them and talk about how we will move forward to help serve the "least of the least" I feel so great that my partners with the sisters is finalized and I can trust all that they will do to help me to help them!! Our first school that we will begin to serve has more than 90% children that are infected with HIV. The area is very very poor and most parents have no education or viable employment. We will begin to share our Kids Care Food with them until we can incorporate our self sustaining farming program. This is where our "project managers" come to help us!! Mike, Nico, Steve and Mike will all be very instrumental in helping us move forward positively with all of our ways of building these children to great strength!!

As we were finishing our time we returned to Mike who had been waiting so patiently for us. It was near dark and we knew we had taken up so much time and needed to get back to Arusha before it was dark. We said our farewells to our "partners"/sisters and began our journey back to Moshi to drop off Sister Scola. On our drive we were all in such great amazement at the events of this day. As I was speaking with Sister Scola who was in the front of the vehicle, my eyes popped out of my head. There was the biggest brightest most beautiful rainbow I had ever seen. We all looked with amazement and knew that this was a sure sign that our day was blessed in greater ways than we ever could have planned. Then Mike had us look out the right side of the vehicle and there was Mt. Kilimanjaro it is complete beauty. We had gone past this Mountain several times in the 5 weeks we were there and never got to see it..but today, the rainbow and the sight of this mountain, made us all aware of the wonderful beauty of our earth!!

It was a day we could not have planned, but one that was already planned for us!!! We will all remember how we felt on this drive home....at least until the next rainbow comes!!!

Until next time~

Cheers!