The time has come.
After a month of being in Canada, finishing up and publishing past semester's projects, we are finally heading off to Tanzania today! Six of us leave from Calgary at approximately 8 pm (Mountain Time) and we will meet up with the two other members of our team on the way to Tabora! We will be doing survey work, master planning, drafting, and lots of research into regional building methods, soil types and building materials. We will likely be out of contact during the two weeks we will be away; contact will probably be limited to maybe an internet cafe. We will arrive back in Canada, October 18th, if all goes well.
I am excited and nervous to be going to a new continent. On one hand, everything will be new and amazing and I will see many beautiful things. On the other hand, I have no security, since I have absolutely no knowledge of anything roughly similar to Swahili, except for watching the Lion King. I also know very little about the culture. But throughout all my personal weaknesses, I am hoping to see God work in powerful ways both in and around me as we seek to serve those around us these two weeks.
Please Pray for:
-Unity of the Team as most of us will have just met on the way over.
-Communication as we have no fluent Swahili speakers and will be playing mine games frequently
-Flexibility and adaptability as things are almost guaranteed to go differently than we expect
-Energy as there will be a lot off things to do in a short amount of time.
-And that everything we do will all be for the glory of God, whether mess up or succeed at any particular task.
#Engineering Ministries International
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