I talked to Jordan last night!!

Yep...I actually got to talk to him for about 45 minutes last night around 10pm!  He was just waking up for his Sunday morning (it's 10 hours ahead there, so it was 8am there).  I got to hear lots of stories - they did so much their first day in Tanzania.  Zachariah, the pastor of the church The Hope Project works with in Moshi, Tanzania and another guy picked them up from the airport, and from there it sounds like they went all over.  They went to a school, and one of the funniest stories Jordan told me was that while they were at the school they were outside most of the time, and he was taking pictures of all the kids, but he realized that his bald head was in direct African sunlight, and that probably wasn't good.  So, he went back out to the car to get the sunscreen out of his bag.  There was a group of tribes-men outside the school and when he started putting the sunscreen on his head they all just busted up laughing at him!!  They knew exactly what it was, and Jordan said that even though none of them spoke english, they were able to communicate enough for one of the guys to ask for some sunscreen, obviously as a joke.  He put it all over his arms and face and they all had another laugh!

Let's see, other than going to the school to take pictures of the kids in class, they went to Zachariah's house and met his wife and three kids.  Jordan said they had some very interesting food there; a cornstarch mixture (kind of like cream of wheat) with greens (think southern collard greens) and something else (sorry, I can't remember)...but he said it was actually not bad.  He also said he had a glass of mango juice yesterday and it was SO good!  We both LOVE mango's, so I was super jealous!!

Jordan and Dave are staying in a hostel in Moshi, Tanzania.  And today, they were planning on going to church - Dave was going to speak, so I bet that will be quite the experience for Jordan!  He had to bring nice clothes - dress pants, a button up and a tie - because they all get very fancy for church there.  I know Jordan was super excited about wearing all that stuff - he just loves it - ha!  Other than that, I don't think they had much planned for their Sunday.  Jordan still hasn't been to the orphanage where we sponsor kids through The Hope Project, but I think they might do that on Monday, and then on Monday night or Tuesday they will head to Southern Tanzania to meet up with an organization called Village Schools International.  I believe Dave is looking to possibly partner with them for the next big Hope Project Initiative.  And Jordan and I may possibly look at working with them if we move over there someday.  They have opportunities to teach english and possibly even teach high school for a year or two!  How cool would that be??

Ok, so that's the best I can do for now.  I'm going to try to call again tonight, which will be Monday morning for Jordan, so if I get to talk to him, I'll post another update tomorrow.  Love to you all, and thanks for all the prayers - please keep it up!!