Before I crawl into bed, I will write a quick word about the
conference. It started Thursday and today we finished our second of three days.
It’s been smaller, far smaller, than we expected, but really great. The first
day we had some wonderful speakers and heard beautiful testimonies. Today we
had Tanzanian starlight Upendo to join us as a lead singer during worship. We
also focused more directly on the Uzima Crisis Pregnancy Center today and
shared much information about abortion and the need to raise awareness against
it.
(Side note: In one of my college essays, I wrote about how
my time in Tanzania has affected my view on the Pro-Choice Pro-Life debate…I’ll
have to post about that here sometime soon.)
We decided that this rise against abortion will be one of
our key focuses for 2013 and in fact even gained a Muslim business partner
today, which is incredible for a Tanzanian Christian organization.
Each day I am learning so much (besides how to speak fluent
Swahili which is a bit of a drawback because the conference is mostly in
Swahili) and becoming so comfortable. It feels like I’ve been here for so much
more than a week because I feel an increased sense of independence as I begin
to really find my place in this organization, this culture, this community, and
this family without leaning on others for support all the time.
I apologize for the vague nature of this post, hopefully I will
soon supplement it with a fun story to support one of the many inspirations I
have experienced this week.
Uskumeza! (Sleep tight)
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