Can you believe it is time for another travel day already?? It feels like we just got here in Tanzania and it surely has not been enough days out of a bus to be getting back on one for another three and a half days… right?? So our last “travel day” [which was really like 5 days] that took us from Kiev, Ukraine to here in Sumbawanga, Tanzania was over 100 hours of travel. So since I don’t think I have done this yet, here is a rough outline of what my next few days are going to look like. I say a rough outline because this is Africa and our “18 hour bus ride” turned into over 35 hours last time. So give or take 10-15 hours in this schedule.
Today June 26th:
Finish my blog by lunch.
Lunch
Wash some laundry and pray it dries.
Pack my life [everything I currently possess] back up after it exploded inside my tent this month.
Dinner.
Feedback/Team Time.
Bedtime snuggling with Alys since I am packing my tent today.
June 27th:
6:30 a.m. wake up, brush my teeth, eat breakfast.
6:45 a.m. pack our the mini bus we are taking to the real bus station.
7:00 a.m. head out to the bus station, arrive and wait.
8:00 a.m. leave for Mbeya on a 9 1/2 hour bus ride.
6:00 p.m. hopefully be in Mbeya, take taxis to where we are staying for the night.
6:30 p.m. see the girls from Amani Warriors [formerly known as Majestic Summit] and hug them a months worth of hugs.
8:30 p.m. Feedback/Team time.
10:00 p.m. early bedtime.
June 28th:
4:30 a.m. pack up and head back to the bus station.
5:00 a.m. leave Mbeya for an 18 hour bus ride to Arusha, Tanzania
12:00 p.m. hanging out on the bus… attempt to sleep… probably not successfully.
6:00 p.m. still on the bus… probably eating a Peanut butter, banana, and nutella sandwich
8:00 p.m. Dan and I laughing our heads off while everyone else tries to sleep, i really hope this happens again….
June 29th:
somewhere between midnight and 1 a.m. arrive in Arusha and find taxis to take us to our hostel.
after we arrive at the hostel: pass out for approximately 9 hours.
at some point on the 29th: wake up and hang out in Arusha all day.
Nighttime: Feedback/team time [the last official one with Josh and Grace our WR exposure friends]
Bedtime.
June 30th:
wake up in the morning.
some time in the morning get on a bus headed for Nairobi, Kenya.
45 minutes into bus ride hit the Kenyan border.
Pay for visas into Kenya and hopefully not have to wait for a long time.
once we get into Kenya a supposed 3 and a half hour bus ride to Nairobi.
from the bus station, take taxis or other form of public transportation to our hostel.
Arrive at the hostel, pass out, and get settled in for month 6 debrief!
July 1st:
D squad Month 6 Debrief. love our lives.
If you would like to see what my ministry will be in Kenya, you will just have to wait to find out. I am not fully funded yet and if I am not fully funded I won’t be able to continue on the race. I still need $2200 before I am fully funded and seriously at this point EVERY LITTLE amount counts!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has already supported me!!! Love you all so much!!!
