Friends and Family,
Sadly we have reached the end of the journals. This update will be the last, as we will be boarding the plane for home tomorrow night. But of course, I will give you a synopsis, however brief, of our final full day.
We started the morning bright and early, boarding the bus at 5:15. We drove a little over an hour to an animal park, where we would spend the rest of our morning. Our bus drove us around to look through the park for quite sometime, allowing us the opportunity to see a variety of different animals, including many elephants, giraffes, and zebras. We were even able to see a few hippos residing in a pond in the park. The park experience was very enjoyable, and before heading home we stopped at the gift shop and to buy cokes.
We drove back and just barely made it back in time for some lunch, and had the rest of the afternoon to ourselves. Some of us stayed at LJS to pack; others went into town, while a few shopped one last time with the vendors. This evening we went to a restaurant in town that served us pizza. It was quite the sight for sore eyes. It definitely wasn't Hideaway quality, but as a college student, it was better than most of the food I eat on campus. We enjoyed our last dinner together as a team before returning to Dar es Salaam tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning we will have a devotional meeting as a team, and then we will head into Dar es Salaam soon after lunch. We will have a chance to see the Indian Ocean and spend some time in the city before going to the airport. Our flight leaves just before midnight tomorrow and we will be flying over 8 hours to Amsterdam. From there we once again fly through Detroit and then home to Tulsa (or for Jennifer and Katie, St. Louis). Twenty-four hours after our first flight takes off, a tired team will return home. We all look forward to seeing you, and we all are talking about our first meal back. Something tells me it won't involve rice or beans... Please pray for safety in travel, and please pray that we will still seek our opportunities to glorify God. I've been on enough mission trips to know that some of the best opportunities to share with people
can come on the plane flight home. So while our trip comes to a close, we still have plenty left to go.
I've enjoyed writing you each evening and look forward to seeing you. I hope my long-winded journals have kept your interest throughout the week, and I hope I have provided quality insight into what our team experienced this week. Thank you one last time for your prayers and support.
Kwa hari (goodbye)
Ryan
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