ROADSIDE BUSINESSES      
ROADSIDE NURSERIES - these just pop up all over the city.   

There are a thousand different businesses all over the city.  They sell everything from food to auto supplies.  Sometimes they have fresh fruit and vegetables and at other times they are cooking food to sell.  They sell all kinds of clothing and you can see people trying things on over their clothes.  There is a Marketplace like this about 2 km from our house it is called Mwenge Market.  They have artists, wood carvers, jewelry makers, fabric stores, hardware stores, etc.    They are great traps for tourists.  Artists with a touch of everything.  You should see what they can make with coconut shells.

This lady is on her way to set up her table to display
her merchandise.  There are thousands of businesses like her's.  Her's located at
UNBUNGO JUNCTION.

YOUR LOCAL FRIENDLY FULL SERVICE CAR CENTER.

ONE OF MANY NEIGHBORHOOD CAR WASH CENTERS.

           KENYA NIAROBI MISSION TOUR - TANZANIA

                                      THIS IS OUR GROUP, 4 SENIOR COUPLES
                                                10 ELDERS AND 2 SISTERS.
                                PRESIDENT AND SISTER HICKEN - middle left
                                    ELDER AND SISTER ELLIS - middle right
We had a wonderful conference.  The spirit was strong and their presentations were outstanding.  They just seem to know everything that we needed to hear.  It was inspiring, uplifting and more.  We love our missionaries, they work hard and they love the Lord. 

RAINS IN AFRICA

 This is the rainy season in Tanzania. When it rains, it is often torrential, pouring heavily and constantly. Recently, it rained continually for three days nearly all day and night. The water began to build behind out compound.

 The water flowed into this area from the nearby streets. The local drainage system is not capable of handling this amount of water particularly with the garbage on the streets that plugs the drains. The water continued to build.

 The landlord had build a new section of wall behind our house. He built the new wall in front of the old wall intending to take it down later. As the water rose, it washed away the old wall.

 We noticed that the water was now running under the foundation of the new wall which had not been dug deep enough. We informed the landlord that we were concerned that the new wall would collapse also. Suddenly in the later afternoon we heard a loud crash. Immediately I said to Sister Wilson, "The new wall has fallen." I went outside and saw half the wall gone.

Here we see all that is remaining of the poorly constructed foundation of the new wall. The rest is in the rushing water. As Toto sings, it does rain in Africa.