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This blog ("web log") is compiled by Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS to share the stories of our four Sisters who sojourn in Tanzania this summer, June- July 2011. The information below is from their emails; we've edited it for clarity.

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

6/23/11 From S. Jeanette

Hi again!
 
The computer is still functioning and we are having a free afternoon, so here is more info on our experiences:
 
From the pictures I'd seen, I had no idea how large "Jordan University College" is. The buildings are well constructed. The grounds are lovely. We had a presentation by Fr. Bernard Witek, SDS on their future dreams. He left Wednesday for a fund raising trip to Europe and the US. Everyone praises Father David Brusky, and Brothers Donald and Bert for the initial work they did here. I tried to take a couple pictures to give a sense of the size, but that is not really possible. (Those have not yet been sent.) We have had some excellent lectures. Dr Kasimila spoke on the leadership crisis in Africa. Brother Polycarp, OSB spoke on the geography of Tanzania.
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Salvatorian Parish of Mkuranga (S. Jeanette and S. Ellen)

Tailor School

S. Ellen and S. Jeanette with two SDS Sisters

Carpentry School

Parish Church

Encounter Tanzania Group at Mkuranga
On Thursday June 17th, we took a trip north of Dar to the Salvatorian parish of Mkuranga.  They have many ministries. We visited and took pictures of Ellen and I with the two Salvatorian sisters, the carpenter school, and the parish church (note the drums). One of the sister's is the sacristan. There is a picture of the whole encounter group,our three seminarian guides and the paster and two brothers in front of the sister's convent. The sister's gardens were impressive. They have kindergartens that were on winter holiday. We toured the dispensary with Brother Jeramiah, a recently graduated nurse. They have a tailor school and masonary training. We ended the visit with lunch which included a German volunteer doing his year of service.
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6/22/11 Visit to Orphanage (S. Ellen and S. Jeanette)

One of the things we did yesterday (Wednesday, June 22, 2011) was to visit the Mgolole orphanage run by the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (a Morogoro Diocesan community).
We brought them dolls and dresses made by people in California. The children liked to be held and try on our glasses and hats. Although the orphanage was close by, it took quite awhile over the sandy road.

Mgolole orphanage run by the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters

Children at the Orphanage

Sisters with babies at the Orphanage

Orphanage Dorms with Mosquito Netting

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6/23/11 from S. Jeanette and S. Ellen

Yesterday all the servers to internet connections were down. Slow computers, electricty being off and full schedules are reasons you are not hearing from us more often.
 
Every morning we have a Swahili class for 39 to 50 minutes taught by one of the seminarians. Today we did numbers. Clearly S. Barbara in way ahead of us. Monday was greetings, Tuesday - animals, Wednesday - days of the week.
 
It rained very hard last night, so we got stuck coming back from our class with an elder wise man on ancient African traditions and customs, especially from his Luguyu tribe, from this area.
 
Greetings to all.   Love,  Jeanette
 
FROM S. ELLEN:

Trying to catch up on pictures.

This batch is from Fr. Jordan's birthday at the SDS-M provincial house in Dar es Saalam and our visit to the Cathedral when we first got here. Sorry they are out of order.

 
 
SDS-M Provincial House in Dar

Cathedral at Dar es Salam

Grilling meat to celebrate Father Jordan's Birthday

Sisters, Fathers, Brothers and Lay Salvatorians at Fr. Jordan's Birthday Celebration

Our bus



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