typical small shops
hotel
big big big
road repair in Dodoma
main street 
cart for delivery
mattress-cushion shop
waiting to cross
heading north west to Msalato
small beverage shop
I believe older students at a school
small shopsFriday, January 27, 2012
Today is Friday the 27th of January and we have two more weeks before classes start here on campus. Yesterday we visited St. John's University and saw a few people we taught with and even a few of our former students who were still working on their degrees.It was a nice visit and later we took our friend, Focas with us to eat at Rose's Cafe downtown. Earlier that morning we met with the rest of the English Department and discussed our teaching loads. David and I will be teaching a form of Reading Recovery to students who need the extra attention for reading skills. Later as time permits we may help with basic computer research skills, grammar activities and even a Pastoral Care session and Bible Study. We have been very happy with the staff we will be working side by side with and believe that this is a good match for all of us. I have some pictures I will attempt to share today. Hope you like them.PS: I will post more later..so check back in.
typical small shops
hotel
big big big
road repair in Dodoma
main street
cart for delivery
mattress-cushion shop
waiting to cross
heading north west to Msalato
small beverage shop
I believe older students at a school
small shops
.
typical small shopshotelbig big bigroad repair in Dodomamain street cart for deliverymattress-cushion shopwaiting to crossheading north west to Msalatosmall beverage shopI believe older students at a schoolsmall shops
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
January 25, 2012
January 24th Front Yard, Notice the grass!
Doing clothes lines, 1/25/2012
Yard Man 1/25/2012
Swahili Teacher 1/25/2012 Living Room
View from front yard.
Today has been a very hot day but a very busy one. We had our first lesson in Swahili, our nets were placed over our beds, the workers came and put our clothes lines up and we went shopping and found some items for the house that we needed. Tomorrow we will meet with some of the seminary faculty to discuss some of our schedules and classes we are teaching. Later in the week we will do more planning for the start of the new school year. It is beginning to feel more like home here and we are adjusting to the weather and our surroundings. Above are some more pictures of our house and people who are helping us.
January 24th Front Yard, Notice the grass!
Doing clothes lines, 1/25/2012
Yard Man 1/25/2012
Swahili Teacher 1/25/2012 Living Room
View from front yard.Sunday, January 22, 2012
Home In Tanzania 2012
David and I have arrived in Msalato, TZ. School is out for three for weeks here at the seminary but some faculty from England and New Zealand have already arrived. We are settling in fine except for the heat. It is summer here and the rainy season. Every thing is green and wet and humid! The faculty we have met are wonderful and of course we have already visited with Moses and Ruth our Georgia friends from Tanzania. Moses is the Director of Msalato Theological College and Ruth is his wife.
The only obstacle so far has been the road from Dodoma to Msalato. It is awful, full of pot holes and when it rains the holes become small and large ponds. David is enjoying his car (SUV) and loves to drive it to Dodoma. It is perfect for these roads.
Our house was remodled for us before we came and it is a great improvement over the small one bedroom apartment we had at St. John's University in 2009-2010. It has three bedrooms, hot water, electric outlets that work, fresh paint and lizards in the back and front yards! A front porch for viewing Dodoma and the lizards.
All in all we all happy to be in one place and settled into the house. Praise be to God for that!
Here are some pictures from Dar es Salaam and Msalato. More will follow later.
Focas, a faculty member from St. John's University, Dodoma and David at Pizza place in Dar.
Cefa Hostel in Dar.
Chapel at Msalato.
Our house at Msalato.
The SUV we got in Dar.
The only obstacle so far has been the road from Dodoma to Msalato. It is awful, full of pot holes and when it rains the holes become small and large ponds. David is enjoying his car (SUV) and loves to drive it to Dodoma. It is perfect for these roads.
Our house was remodled for us before we came and it is a great improvement over the small one bedroom apartment we had at St. John's University in 2009-2010. It has three bedrooms, hot water, electric outlets that work, fresh paint and lizards in the back and front yards! A front porch for viewing Dodoma and the lizards.
All in all we all happy to be in one place and settled into the house. Praise be to God for that!
Here are some pictures from Dar es Salaam and Msalato. More will follow later.
Focas, a faculty member from St. John's University, Dodoma and David at Pizza place in Dar.
Cefa Hostel in Dar.
Chapel at Msalato.
Our house at Msalato.
The SUV we got in Dar.Home in Msalato
Today is Sunday, January 22nd, a day of rest and church going for all Christians in Dodoma and Msalato. We have arrived at Msalato Seminary and are mostly settled into our new home. The house was remolded for western people which means heated water, an American toilet, stove and fridge,new paint and cleaned through-out. It looks great! Praise the Lord.
We now have a car, our Trusty Besty, the SUV. She is 12 years old but works great. David loves to drive her. The only real difficulty we have had has been the road into Dodoma from Msalato. It is full of pot holes and when it rains they become lakes and ponds making it difficult to see where the road goes.
Over the past week we have met the instructors here at the seminary for English and some of our past friends we knew from St. John's University. We are slowly connecting but it is more difficult because of the distance and the road conditions.
We did manage to go into town at least once a day and sometimes twice a day this past week for supplies and items we needed for our home. Today we rode with a neighbor in her car to church at the Anglican Cathedral for the English service. There were about 20 or so misionaries there along with some brave Tanzanians who wish to hear the service in English. It was nice to be back. We met some people from St. John's and others from CAMS ( English Mission School).
This time our trip to Dodoma is different. It is odd but we both feel a connection here. The Christian Angelo community is very close mainly due to how few of us there are in the area and I believe our common goals.
Tonight we will welcome back another couple who have been on long holiday. There last name is also Reid but they are from Canada. In our little community here on campus we have one couple from England, another one from New Zealand, two retired doctors from Georgia, and of course us from Denver, Colorado. We are a very international group in this part of Tanzania. But we all have one common thread: the will to follow a call to teach and serve in this country. It is very good to be here and to met the challanges of the Tanzanian people.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Pictures to follow soon.
.
We now have a car, our Trusty Besty, the SUV. She is 12 years old but works great. David loves to drive her. The only real difficulty we have had has been the road into Dodoma from Msalato. It is full of pot holes and when it rains they become lakes and ponds making it difficult to see where the road goes.
Over the past week we have met the instructors here at the seminary for English and some of our past friends we knew from St. John's University. We are slowly connecting but it is more difficult because of the distance and the road conditions.
We did manage to go into town at least once a day and sometimes twice a day this past week for supplies and items we needed for our home. Today we rode with a neighbor in her car to church at the Anglican Cathedral for the English service. There were about 20 or so misionaries there along with some brave Tanzanians who wish to hear the service in English. It was nice to be back. We met some people from St. John's and others from CAMS ( English Mission School).
This time our trip to Dodoma is different. It is odd but we both feel a connection here. The Christian Angelo community is very close mainly due to how few of us there are in the area and I believe our common goals.
Tonight we will welcome back another couple who have been on long holiday. There last name is also Reid but they are from Canada. In our little community here on campus we have one couple from England, another one from New Zealand, two retired doctors from Georgia, and of course us from Denver, Colorado. We are a very international group in this part of Tanzania. But we all have one common thread: the will to follow a call to teach and serve in this country. It is very good to be here and to met the challanges of the Tanzanian people.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Pictures to follow soon.
.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Heading to Dodoma Again!
December 14, 2011
HABARI!!
After many months of waiting and endless e-mails, our plans are 90% complete for a Dodoma departure in early January! This time our volunteering will be 6 miles north west of town in a little village named Msalato.
We are excited and very eager to begin this second mission with the Anglican Church of Tanzania. We will be housed on the campus of Msalato Theological College which is affiliated with St. John's University in Dodoma, TZ. The seminary houses around 90 to 100 seminary students with some day students coming for lay ministry and teaching certifications as well as English classes. The college is partially supported by Episcopal churches in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia as well as the Anglican Central Diocese of Tanzania. Our duties will consist of teaching English listening skills as well as oral reading and silent comprehension skills. This will be very similar to what I did in my teaching profession with younger students.
In addition, David may work at St. John's with the Special Education Master's program he wrote before we left in February of 2010.
If you wish to know more about Msalato Theological College try these web sites:
http://www.msalato.com/
http://www.mccannmission.com/
HABARI!!
After many months of waiting and endless e-mails, our plans are 90% complete for a Dodoma departure in early January! This time our volunteering will be 6 miles north west of town in a little village named Msalato.
We are excited and very eager to begin this second mission with the Anglican Church of Tanzania. We will be housed on the campus of Msalato Theological College which is affiliated with St. John's University in Dodoma, TZ. The seminary houses around 90 to 100 seminary students with some day students coming for lay ministry and teaching certifications as well as English classes. The college is partially supported by Episcopal churches in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia as well as the Anglican Central Diocese of Tanzania. Our duties will consist of teaching English listening skills as well as oral reading and silent comprehension skills. This will be very similar to what I did in my teaching profession with younger students.
In addition, David may work at St. John's with the Special Education Master's program he wrote before we left in February of 2010.
If you wish to know more about Msalato Theological College try these web sites:
http://www.msalato.com/
http://www.mccannmission.com/
These pictures show the seminary as of January, 2010.
Check us out after mid January, 2012.
Blessings
Charlotte and David Reid
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Returning Home
I write this blog with a very sad heart today because we will be returning to Colorado near the end of this month. Our decision to return was not easy but necessary. Our stay here has richly blessed us with many wonderful memories of the Tanzanian people and the countryside.
In January and December I wrote about the desire to serve. David and I still feel very committed to this idea and believe with all our hearts that we still can make a difference here in Africa. But over the last two months several events have occurred that have altered our abilities to continue here for this next semester. One, there were two sudden deaths in David's immediate family over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. He needs to return home to touch base and help with family matters. Two, we realized that my teaching at Msalato Seminary this February would demand a real car due to the terrible roads and we were not able to secure funding to buy or lease one here. So with a heavy heart we return home to regroup and decide how to secure the money for our trip back and the car. In the meantime we are posting these pictures from our first and last trip to a wildlife preserve near Dodoma. Hope you enjoy them.
Please look for our blog again in October of 2010. Hopefully by that time we will have arrived back in Tanzania.
On the way to the park with Benedict Hodrum, the Director of Planning for St. John's University.
Elephants were everywhere in the park.
On our second day in the park we went on a seldom used road and found three lions and a set of cubs that were about a 1/4 of a mile away in the brush. There were vultures over head so we knew the female lions had just killed something big or had just eaten and were resting. I took all the lion pictures from our car. Just a normal car right out of the window in the front seat. No zoom lense either. Count the feet!Baby lion cub but away from mom!
In January and December I wrote about the desire to serve. David and I still feel very committed to this idea and believe with all our hearts that we still can make a difference here in Africa. But over the last two months several events have occurred that have altered our abilities to continue here for this next semester. One, there were two sudden deaths in David's immediate family over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. He needs to return home to touch base and help with family matters. Two, we realized that my teaching at Msalato Seminary this February would demand a real car due to the terrible roads and we were not able to secure funding to buy or lease one here. So with a heavy heart we return home to regroup and decide how to secure the money for our trip back and the car. In the meantime we are posting these pictures from our first and last trip to a wildlife preserve near Dodoma. Hope you enjoy them.
Please look for our blog again in October of 2010. Hopefully by that time we will have arrived back in Tanzania.
Elephants were everywhere in the park.
They are smaller they told us than some but it was great to watch them.
On our second day in the park we went on a seldom used road and found three lions and a set of cubs that were about a 1/4 of a mile away in the brush. There were vultures over head so we knew the female lions had just killed something big or had just eaten and were resting. I took all the lion pictures from our car. Just a normal car right out of the window in the front seat. No zoom lense either. Count the feet!Baby lion cub but away from mom!
David loved the hippos in the park because they did not move just breathe.
The Giraffes were wonderful. So graceful and yet so big. It was hard to see them from a distance because they appeared like trees and blended into the landscape.
We had a great time and look forward to going to another park when we return, maybe even the crater up north. Hope we can continue this blog later in the fall. God bless you all who followed us and gave us your support, prayers and money. Charlotte and David Reid, February 18, 2010.
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