On my second Sunday in Tanzania, I went with the Shorts to visit the Arusha church of Christ. They have friends who are members there but had never visited for a service. It's still the school holiday, so we don't have the Sunday service with the students and are using the time to visit other area churches.
The Arusha church of Christ is down an extremely rough little road by the railroad tracks and these huge silos just south of downtown Arusha. I'm not sure how they get down to the building at all in the rainy season; even though many people walk down I imagine it's a bit of a mess. It was worth the trek, though, as the members are a nice group of people.
After church, we spent a while outside while the Shorts caught up with various people that they know and I was introduced to many new people. We went to lunch after with the Kambarage family. Mr. Kambarage is an elder in the Arusha church and a respected church leader here in Tanzania. He owns a mechanic shop, as well. He and his wife have three children, who all came--the eldest son is an accountant in his late twenties, then a daughter who is twenty-two and working as a housekeeper for an American family we know while also finishing her degree, and a twenty-year-old son who is in trade school. I ended up at the end of the table with the three younger Kambarages, who all speak good English, while the Shorts chatted with their parents in Swahili. I enjoyed getting to know them, and hope to see them again in the future.
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| There was a great view of Mt Meru from in front of the church. |
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