Ticket to Ride

I can now drive legally  in Tanzania. Isn't it pretty? (The psychedelic parts only show up with flash photography.)

Probably I won't be on the road often, but now I can help out on long drives or whenever else it's helpful.

My housemate was my instructor. Here are the rules of the road per Ronit:

• Stay on the left side of the road.
• Actually, stay in the middle of the road unless there's an oncoming car: less chance of hitting pedestrians.
• Honk often.

That's about it. So far they've served me well.

Help Wanted

Please share this with anyone you think might be interested!

Lake Victoria Learning Center in Musoma, Tanzania is in urgent need of an elementary teacher to join their team.

If you are a certified teacher with at least one year of experience, then this is a great opportunity to work in a unique, multi-level, non-traditional setting which enables many missionary families to continue their work in Tanzania. 

If God is calling you to this ministry, we’d love to explore the options with you. We would like to have you in country by January 2016, with a commitment of at least 18 months.

Please contact Toby Mak in the Uganda-Tanzania Branch’s Human Resources Department at recruitment_utb@sil.org.

Please pray that that God would call the right person to this position.

Sandawe News

I just read a neat article written by our branch communications person, telling about effects of the Sandawe translation project. The Sandawe people live in central Tanzania and speak a unique language. It's unique because it is a click language... Which most people have only heard in The Gods Must be Crazy!

Here's the article: The Sandawe people of Tanzania now have Luke's gospel in their language. We partnered with The Jesus Film Project to create a new dialogue track using mother tongue speakers. When our copy of the film was ready, we visited five Sandawe villages to show it.

In one village, a young mother named Amina came to see the film, carrying her 4-year-old disabled daughter on her back. After the film, she asked us to pray for her daughter. We did, and also gave her the name of the nearest evangelical pastor. We later heard that she hiked to his village with her husband (of a different faith), and they had a good conversation about Jesus.

Please, pray with us for Amina, her daughter and husband, and the many others who have seen the Jesus Film in Sandawe. Ask God to speak to them through the several complete books of the Bible they now have in their heart language.

For more informations and stories about the Sandawe translation team visit: http://www.thetask.net/sandawe/

LVLC Tour!!

I've just uploaded a video LVLC Tour!! Many thanks to my lovely housemate Ronit for the technical support on this venture:).