What a beautiful country this is.

Sister Barbara met with Fr. Josephat at Jordan University today. She said it was a productive meeting.

Meanwhile, I, Sue, went behind the mountain to several more rural villages with wells. You can see a picture of one of the roads I traveled.

We are both now back at Dar e Salaam. What a beautiful country this is!

Well, well, well....

Today we went to Morogoro. On the way, we visited some of the wells donated by St. Pius Parish!

All the wells were working well (good pun,huh?). The people came to see us and sent wishes back to the people of St. Pius- words of gratitude!

Working Hard Together

Here is a picture of Sister Angelina, in Masasi. She is showing us the wood stove, where they boil water (we only drink boiled water) and cook ugali.

For those who haven't tasted it, ugali is a staple of the diet here. Each meal offers a huge bowl or two, so you can certainly fill up! Ugali is made from maize flour (cornmeal), millet flour or Sorghum flour (or a blend) cooked with water to a porridge- or dough-like consistency.

Arrived in Dar

Quick note: We were on the bus all day and have now arrived safely in Dar es Salaam.

Getting Ready to Depart

On Wednesday, we walked into town to purchase our bus tickets for Dar es Salaam.

Then, we packed up our classroom and our belongings and said many sad farewells.

Last class!

It is hard to believe it. Today was our final class for this year!

We had a wonderful graduation ceremony with the sisters.

Sister Edith, Sister Lilly, and Sister Sophia from the Generalate came to celebrate with us.

Tomorrow, we will begin packing for the bus ride to Dar es Salaam. Time has gone quickly!

{Note from Sister Patrice, who has been posting on the blog for all of us: Via text message, on our "readership's" behalf, I sent Sue and Sister Barbara our best wishes as they prepare for the next part of their Tanzania journeys.}

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Jordan Hall

The Migongo Mission in Masasi is the center for the Salvatorian Sisters in Tanzania. It is a newer building used as a meeting place for the sisters. And, they rent it out to other groups for income.

For the three weeks we have been here, it has been used almost every day by the sisters and for seminars by other groups.

(The picture Sue emailed of Jordan Hall doesn't seem to have come through, but I will post it if does come. Since it's coming halfway around the world... we probably shouldn't complain! hahaha)