God is Good

in Kiswahili { Mungu ni Mwema }

What an AMAZING week THIS has been!

Click the image below and join me in

Sponsoring a Child.

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May God Bless You

in Kiswahili { Mungu akubariki }

The Nester, Kelli and I visited sweet Mwajuma’s house.

It was one of those visits

t h a t

g o t   m e .

They do a beautiful and hope-filled way of sharing it.

Read their Stories and More and

Click on the Image Below to

Sponsor A Child with Us

Let us Dance

in Kiswahili { Tucheze }

Be sure to head on over to Amy’s Blog to

read about our day with Meke

and the JOY in Sponsoring a Child . . .

Click on the image below to

Sponsor a Child with us TODAY!

Let Us Praise

in Kiswahili { Tusifu }

Be sure to visit the Compassion Bloggers Site to read the AHmazing stories from our Bloggers each day!

To SPONSOR a child from TODAY’s Compassion Center Click HERE!

To JOIN us in Sponsoring a Child

Click the image Below!

This week yall are going to learn some “basic” Kiswahili with me.

{i bet YALL and Kiswahili haven’t been said together too many times}

Let Us Pray

in Kiswahili : Tuombe

Pray with us this week. . . For the bloggers. . . For Compassion. . . The sponsors and future sponsors.

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We left Nashville and headed to Detroit to meet up with our other bloggers. . .

I twittered out this pic thinking this was the next Origin / Destination part of our journey but. . . .

We sat on the runway for almost 3 hours in Detroit and by the time we left we knew we would be arriving in Amsterdam but  we would miss our flight to Kilimanjaro.

{ this is where the AWESOME travel team at Compassion comes to the rescue!. . . Thank you CONNIE}

As we flew they worked Oh So Hard rebooking us!!

As we took off before I fell asleep I couldnt get over how the moon looked!

I thought the moon looked bigger last night come to find out tonight it will be the biggest it will be all year. SUPERMOON night!

So it was practicing last night.

If only the iphone could show the craters. Cause I promise you could see ‘em. That extra 30,000 ft in the air helps with that.

When we arrived we switched our tickets and prepared for a day at the Amsterdam airport. . .

And Take Note of this change. . .

We are now leaving Amsterdam tonight

Flying to NAIROBI

then to Kilimanjaro!!

Our Bloggers are TROOOOOOPERS!!

Nothing like starting a trip with a lil adventure!!

Photos via VSCO cam app. I like it!

I am headed to Tanzania on Friday for our next Compassion Bloggers Trip!

I am SO looking forward to this trip for countless reasons:

Its Africa

The bloggers ( ooooo just you wait)

The stories

Lovin on kids. . .

The list goes on!

I have been a bit more sentimental this week preparing because Tanzania was my FIRST trip with Compassion. And almost 8 years and many trips later it is my FIRST time back!!

8 years ago Gabe and I were well, younger ( see that pic below. . . HELLO! ahhh young’uns!! ) We had been married for a little over 3 months and we were invited to go to Tanzania with Compassion because of Gabe’s job. I was beyond thrilled and beyond nervous! Gabe had been on trips before but It was my first time overseas and I had no CLUE what to expect. It was an amazing experience! I had never seen poverty like that and I had never seen Hope and Joy like that simultaneously. It was the ultimate “Soul Shaker”. I had known about Compassion for some time, but seeing their work first hand forever changed me and forever lit a desire to do more!  When we got back I didn’t know what “more” was or what “more” would look like. I had just graduated College with a minor in Photography but searching for jobs in the music business was on my horizon. Emphasis on “MY”.  Photography was never what I had in mind.  And funny ( and awesome!) how God works. . .

A few months after that trip I got a call asking if I’d like to do photos on another trip and then that lead to another and then another. . .

That trip changed me it changed US.

{see getting a wee bit sappy over here}

So THIS Friday we are Tanzania bound. . .

And check out who is going with us. . . You READY?

Maggie aka GussySews

The Nester

Kelli of MinivansareHOT

Jolanthe – Homeschool Creations

Scot Williams – speaker and blogger at Big is the new Small

and

The resourcefulMommy – Amy

and of course My dear friend and traveling partner in crime. . .ShaunGroves

We will spend time in Arusha ( in the Eastern part of Tanzania) as well as in Mwanza which sits on Lake Victoria in the western part of the country.

We will be blogging each day after we visit the Compassion Centers sharing stories and photos from our day!

AND for those of you that already sponsor in Tanzania

here’s where we are headed: TZ-967, TZ-670, TZ-671, and TZ-505!

We hope to see hundreds of kiddos sponsored and you can be a part of that too!!

Pray for us. Pray for our Compassion Tanzania Staff. Pray for our Bloggers and Pray for our Readers.

Spread the word. . .put a banner on your blog. . . bombard your facebook status. . . tweet it out and shout it out! And get old fashioned and send an email. . . encourage someone to follow our trip and sponsor!

We have  super nifty banners and widgets Like these you can use ( just copy and paste the code). . .

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So be sure to check in HERE at the Compassion Bloggers Site

May 6 – 12

To follow us as we visit Tanzania!

A 7 hour Drive. . .

12,000 ft to Sea Level. . .

24 hours in the Amazon. . .

So So thankful for THESE FRIENDS and their hearts!

Join us in Sponsoring a Child!

Join me in sponsoring one of these littles. . .

We spent the day at 0* 0* 0* also known as a day spent on the Equator!

The highlands of Ecuador ( in the Andes Mountains) are one of my favorite places and I think you will see why. . .

You can actually sponsor a child from the Center we were at today by clicking HERE! There were so many beautiful kiddos at EC-478!

Be sure to follow the other bloggers their stories are so good I read them twice!

We are off to a Center in Quito today. . .

Will You JOIN us!