The Roof!

Isn't this exciting!

They are assembling the roof on the school at Buyuni!

Arrived in Masasi

Here we are in Masasi!!

We are having dinner at the regional house with Sister Sophia, Sister Seselia, and Sister Paula.

Lots of fresh fruit: mango, banana, payaya, avocado- yum!

Our bus ride to Masasi took only 8 hours. The road is paved all the way.

We have settled into our rooms and are ready to start preparations for classes, which start on Friday.

It is great to see so many friendly faces. What a welcome! A fine reunion!

Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost Sunday, we went to the English Mass at the parish church. They have three Masses each Sunday - very well attended. Each Mass lasts at least 1  or 2 hours. Lots of singing and harmony.

The sisters help in the parish with religious education and as Eucharistic ministers.

Fr Jim Weyker is in Dar es Salaam. He leaves tomorrow for Milwaukee. Today we visited for a few hours.

And tomorrow morning we leave very early on the bus to Masasi. It's been a great visit with our Sisters!

Another Interesting Day

Hello, friends!

Another interesting day. Sister Mecky took us on the Dali Dali (small bus) to buy our tickets for our trip to Masasi on Monday.

She knows the best places for tickets. It even has an air conditioned waiting room. Tickets for the 8 - 9 hour drive cost only around $20.

We enjoyed conversation with the sisters and a bit of planning for our class. Sunday is Pentecost and we will walk to the parish church.

We've joined in evening prayer which is in English this week. And ends with a rosary in Kiswahili. Words are sounding familiar. What a privilege to share this time with the sisters

Only our second day here?

How can this be only our second day here? The sisters have been wonderful! Very welcoming.

Several sisters here speak English quite well. One, S. Palida, was a novice during in 2014, and an English beginner and now she's quite fluent!

Today we went with S. Mecky to see the progress on the school in Buyuni. The roof is being put on.

Wish we could send pictures, but at the moment we are technically challenged. More tomorrow!

Salvatorians Depart for Tanzania 2016!

Tickets. Bags. Camera. Cell phone. Malaria meds.
Check!

Nope, Sue did not take this picture.

May 10, Salvatorians Sue Haertel and Sister Jenada Fanetti departed to spend time with our Salvatorian Sisters in Tanzania.

Sister Patrice, out in South Dakota, will be relaying their cell phone messages (texts) and their photos (sent via email whenever they can get to a computer with internet access) so each of you can join in!

Here's the first text Sue sent, upon their arrival:

Hello from Africa! We arrived safely. All is well!

The plane ride was comfortable but long. Sister Mechthilidis picked us up at the airport.

Today is Wednesday. We will rest and prepare for our travel to Masasi.

I  hope you received my earlier messages for the blog. 

(S. Patrice's note: Nope, this was the very first one!)

Test message

Good news ! I'm going back to Tanzania. This is just a test to see if I can post to the blog. If you get this, it works!