Day One





Most ministries arrived at Tanzania safely and had an hour drive to Arusha. We made it safe to Maasaisafari Center and took awhile to get use to Tanzania time. The first morning of the eyeglass clinic, we had a great breakfast and then headed to Mbugini to set up for the clinic and it was just beautiful to see everyone wave  and smile when we got there. We had amazing tea made by a wonderful lady named Mary and then we set everything up, so people can start heading in to get their glasses. We all had our own stations and translators to help us communicate and it went pretty smoothly. We all had a fun time and everyone got along great and smiled while we got to help these people who have a hard time seeing or can barely see, and it just made our day while we helped 40 people. Next, we packed things up and Laurence brought us to a nice restaurant called Fifis and we laughed and had a great time. Lastly, we went back to the motel and did devotions and got together and sang, and then finally went to bed.


 

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