Welcome to Tanzania-the land of high humidity, high heat and high mountains. It amazes me that you can drive south a couple of hours and the temperature changes so drastically-this is what I expected Africa to be like. I was spoiled by the moderate temperatures in Kenya and Rwanda, and now my body doesn’t know what to do with itself; I am sure this is just preparation for India.
We entered into Tanzania yesterday morning and shortly after doing so I saw snow! Of course, it was on Mt. Kilimanjaro which was looming in the distance over much smaller mountains and farmland. It was breathtaking, beautiful and almost didn’t look real; just picture Africa with a giant mountain plopped down in the middle of it. It is the tallest mountain that I’ve seen to date (soon, that will not be true…Nepal, here I come) and is a great reminder of God’s beauty. Wow, God is a God that can move mountains and that is a mighty big one!
After an hour or so of driving we passed Mt. Kilimanjaro and the heat began to build. The guys in front of me wouldn’t open their window so all I had was the air from the emergency hatch that was open. It felt like someone was blowing a hair dryer on me for a good 12 hours. Finally, it got dark and it didn’t cool off any.
We made it to our hotel about 14 ½ hours, and were able to take nice, cold showers! We went to bed thinking we were leaving at 6:45am. It turns out that we didn’t leave today, so I promptly went back to bed for a couple more hours. Hopefully we can find one of the several Subway Restaurants in Dar!
And so, our seventh month begins. I wonder what God has in store for me. I have a very good friend from college who is from Iringa that I will have the opportunity to see while I am there. That is a huge blessing, and I am very thankful for that.
