Update from Jordan

I talked to Jordan again last night!  He is still in Tanzania and is having a great time there!  He got all dressed up and went to church on Sunday morning.  He said everyone was dancing and there was a really cute little boy who was trying to follow all the other people's dance moves.  I think Jordan was trying to follow him!  What a sight that would be!!  

After church, Dave had to go to the Internet Cafe for a couple meetings with Zachariah (the pastor of the church) and the other people who work at the orphanage and Internet Cafe, so Jordan went with another young guy named Musa and - get this - went shooting with a bunch of people!  That's right!  Jordan went shooting in Africa!  Why not, right?  Only Jordan....yeah, so they went to an open area and shot a shotgun at one of those giant trees with the giant trunks.  He said a bunch of young guys went (guys in their 20's) and one girl, but (just like me) she was bored and kept asking why they were shooting, what was the point of it?  We may live half a world apart, but we're really the same at heart, aren't we?

On their way back from shooting they passed a stand where a guy was selling real sugar cane.  Jordan, of course, didn't know what the man was selling, so he asked, and Musa told him what it was and said he had to try it.  Jordan said he LOVED it!  He said it was SO good and when I was talking to him last night (it was 8am Monday morning for him) he was craving more!  I guess they cut it up into little pieces, and it has lots of fibers and is kind of like a corn husk, so you just suck on it to get the juice out.  Yummy.

After that, Jordan went with Musa to an orphanage (not the one with the kids we support through the Hope Project) because Musa needed to get his computer charger that he had left there the night before when he played The Lion King for the kids on his computer.  Isn't that SO cute?!?!  Imagine this young, single 26-year-old guy going to the orphanage on a Saturday night to show the kids The Lion King on his computer.  I asked Jordan if it was in Swahili or English, but he didn't know.  Either way, that's a pretty great picture to have in your head!

Then, Jordan and Musa met up with Dave and Zachariah at Zachariah's house for dinner.  I can't remember what they had for dinner, or if Jordan said, but he did say that they while they were hanging out, the power went out a few times, but that happens all the time I guess.  And he said that today (Monday) they will be going to the orphanage where we support the kids through the Hope Project.  And after that (on Tuesday morning) they will be heading down to Southern Tanzania to meet up with Village Schools International.  I believe Musa will be driving them in his van, and there may be another person going too.  Not sure, but hopefully I will talk to him again tonight (which is Tuesday morning for him), so we'll see and I'll keep you posted.

Love to you all - please keep praying for Jordan and Dave.  They are doing great so far, no sickness or anything like that, but they need all the prayers they can get!