It’s been raining a lot. For some reason, the rainy season has continued on for an extra month. We don’t mind because Africa needs the rain. Even with the rains its feels like were continuously sitting in a sauna.
Yesterday was an interesting day for us in Kariakoo, the notorious city center of Dar. We must have had prayers carrying us that day. Someone cut Daniel’s back pocket with a knife in an attempt to steal his wallet. Luckily, the thief failed the attempt. However, he did manage to cut through a nice pair of pants and boxer shorts and inflict a couple-centimeter-wide wound on Danny’s buttocks. It could have been worse. Now were just praying that the knife was clean. We even got a few prayers answered through that incident. We were accompanied by two representatives from World Challenge and at the time were presenting the challenges of youth ministry in Dar to them. This worked as a very practical example for the presentation. Also, Danny was able to find “genuine†Diesel-jeans from the same alley the incident took place for only 6000 shillings, which is about 4 euros. So, God managed to turn it into a victory.
The air cargo is still in the customs office and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting it back any time soon. Apparently, there was some spelling mistake in the bill of lading. i.e. they’re just milking us for money. Well, they won’t be getting any, so we’ll just have to live off our suitcases for a bit longer. The only problem is that Benjy is running short of diapers (nappies for the English readers). Sirkku has found a nice gym across from where we live where she goes to a couple times a week. Last time she got an uninvited visitor when a monkey barged in to keep her company. The monkey was probably getting his buns tightened for the summer season. There have been many other animals around as well. We’ve found a snake crawling on the roof of our garage, a dozen geckos keep night-watch for us inside the house and tons of grass hoppers are dying to get into the house as well. The concerts they hold on the front yard lawn would definitely compete with Lordi. Â
