Church in Morogoro

We had a good morning in church today. I was with Angela and she preached - it was brilliant! And Helen was translating for her - Norma knows Helen well so I'm excited about telling her we met Helen when I get back! We're visiting some of the different projects the churches here are involved in this afternoon so that'll be really interesting and I'll tell you about it later.

Pastor Iain is preaching 4 times today - that's a lot so please remember to pray for him!

Finally... we made it!

We are back in Morogoro at last! We left at 4 am this morning, which was very early for me. Sheep like lots of sleep you know, that's one of the very few things I don't like about being a missionary sheep - I keep having to get up really early! We had to wait a long time for breakfast too - we still hadn't had any by lunchtime... But it was an interesting drive.

Angela is just trying to put up the mosquito net for us. And guess what?! A VERY cheeky mosquito is sitting watching her do it! I don't like mosquitoes. They don't bother sheep all that much because of our wool, but they bother Angela and she is my friend. So I think I will stay awake tonight and make sure that naughty mosquito stays away from her.

Angela hopes we can find out what we're doing tomorrow after this. I'm sure it will be another busy day!

Stuck in Mbeya!!

We had a lovely ending to our week in Mbeya last night as our friends here held a farewell celebration for us and made a lovely meal. We all felt so special and loved by the people here! I had my photo taken with a girl called Mercy - just like me! I love it when I meet people with the same name as I have, but it only seems to happen when I am on a mission trip somewhere. I don't know why that is since I think my name is lovely!

Well, we got up early this morning to leave Mbeya and travel back to Morogoro, but the car broke down! We waited around most of the day to see what would happen and we are all very tired now. The car seems to have been fixed - well it's going at the moment anyway.. In the end it was decided that we should go back to the place we've been staying in this week for one more night. We're planning to leave at 4.00 am to drive back to Morogoro. Please pray that the car goes all the way there and back without problems, and for a safe journey!

It's going really well!

We are having such a good time! Angela, Mark and Iain have all been teaching the people here and they are so interested in what they are telling them. I was with Angela yesterday when she was talking to some women about how God heals us on the inside. 20 women came and asked to be prayed for after it! Angela was so happy about that.

Mark was giving an open air talk to some men about being married - I think he found that a bit different!

Iain asked me to say thank you to everyone for praying - please keep it up!

Lunch at the Pastor's house!

I went with Angela this morning as she was speaking at a local church. Pastor Iain and Mark went somewhere else, but us girls have to stick together! It was very good and the people were so glad to have us there. I met lots of children and they were very interested to hear about the boys and girls in KFC and sent their love to you all.

After that we got taken to the Pastor's house for lunch. I don't think they were expecting a little yellow sheep to be there too, but they were very kind and looked after us so well!

I'm so hot!

Phew! It's so hot and humid here, even though the sky is cloudy... The only problem with my lovely yellow wool is it makes me overheat in these hot countries. Pastor Iain, Mark and Angela think it's hot too and they don't have any wool!

It was a good day of teaching yesterday. I wasn't teaching of course, I just listened, but the others did a great job and the people loved to hear the things they said. Today we are having a day off and we're driving through the hills on our way to Lake Nyasa. It sounds lovely and Angela thinks it could be cooler there, so I'm looking forward to that!

Lots of love to everyone in KFC - I'll miss seeing you tomorrow but have fun!

We are in Mbeya

We finally arrived in Mbeya after a 12 hour drive - it's so good to be here and we are all very tired... It was an exciting journey though (for me anyway...) with lightening and torrential rain on the way down!

The people here welcomed us with a lovely song and dance in the church - it made us feel so special! They are so pleased to see us and, I have to admit, it is wonderful to see them too.

But right now, it will also be wonderful to see my bed - so goodnight!

No showers!

We had our first meeting in Morogoro today, it went very well. We're all quite tired so we're looking forward to a good night's sleep now. We have mosquito nets, which is good. But the showers don't work... I don't mind too much as I already had a good wash this year (not to mention that horrible incident in the tumble dryer) but it's not so good for Angela, Pastor Iain and Mark.

And - Angela just found a column of ants climbing up the wall... I'm very used to ants as they seem to be everywhere on most trips I go on. So I will keep guard so Angela can have a good sleep - it's a long drive tomorrow over bumpy roads.

We've arrived!

We arrived last night at 11 pm, it was a very long journey. Then Pastor Iain, Mark and Angela had to queue for an hour to get visas. They couldn't get them before they came this time because of the postmen being on strike. I didn't have to get one because sheep don't need visas, which is really great because it means I can go anywhere in the world!

After that, we went to a hotel in Dar es Salaam for the night. It was wonderful to be able to go to bed for a sleep after all that travelling! Poor Angela said the bed was very hard. I was fine as sheep are used to sleeping on the ground anyway, and I have so much lovely yellow wool that I don't need a mattress or pillow or anything.

Today we are driving to Morogoro, which will take a couple of hours. It's lovely to be back here and I am so looking forward to seeing all my old friends and making some new ones!

I'm going to Tanzania!

I'm very excited because tomorrow I am off on another trip! This time I am going with Angela, Pastor Iain and Mark to Tanzania. I have friends there already so it's going to be so much fun to see them. Angela took me home with her yesterday so we can get ready together. She is letting me travel in her suitcase, which is going to be great.

Please pray for us! And I'll write my blog as often as possible so you can keep up to date with what we're doing out there.