I just spoke to Rob Winner and heard that Mary Anne and Amy have landed safely in Chicago. I pray that they also make it safely back to Greenville and Columbus to rest. Yesterday, we went to town to run some errands. We dropped Abella, Lightness, and Newstar off at the salon to get their hair done. Mutta and Arnold took the car to the shop to get the shocks checked. Annalisa and I walked around town. She showed me the hospital and took me to the Catho...

I just spoke to Rob Winner and heard that Mary Anne and Amy have landed safely in Chicago. I pray that they also make it safely back to Greenville and Columbus to rest. Yesterday, we went to town to run some errands. We dropped Abella, Lightness, and Newstar off at the salon to get their hair done. Mutta and Arnold took the car to the shop to get the shocks checked. Annalisa and I walked around town. She showed me the hospital and took me to the Catho...

We awoke very early today to take Amy and Mary Anne to the airport for their departure. We arrived at the Bukoba airport at 6 AM for their 7 AM flight and it was not yet open! They opened the doors at 6:30 AM and we went through the small security line. They waited in line for their hand written ticket to board the plane. I think the little plane held about 15-20 people. One passenger even sat in the front seat right next to the pilot! I can't imagine if ...

Greetings from Bukoba, land of the beautiful banana trees! Every evening at the Lubago home, we eat dinner at around 830pm. Usually it is rice, some version of banana, avacado, and stew. We have been very lucky to have Mutta's wonderful sister-in-law (Light) and his nieces (Flora and Newstar) making us delicious meals. After dinner, we all gather around Bibi and Babu in the living room for evening prayers. This is a tradition that they have done every ...

We are sorry it took so long to update. We have had limited internet access, but are excited to share our last couple of days with you all. We began two days of Safari on Monday with our guide Andrew. We began our journey in the Ngorongoro crater. Before we entered, Andrew had to get our pass for the day. We were excited to see lots of Baboons running around until they tried to get our lunches. Don't worry though, Mary Anne fought them off and only ende...