Serengeti Wilderness Camp

I don’t know how to describe where we are staying in Serengeti National Park-kind of like a lodge that serves 3 meals and kind of like camping. This is a temporary camp, currently at S02 25.02 E034 53.59, that moves around every few months (think M*A*S*H) in order to minimize environmental impact and to stay [...]

Laura, Clif, Beth, and Rob’s Excellent Adventure – Part 2

In Part 1, I explained how Erasto’s persistence and confidence in God’s providence led to the sabbatical trip we’re taking.  But, of course, there is more to the story. Laura started Living Water Christian Church in April 2004.  Two years ago she began to discuss the idea of her taking sabbatical somewhere around the seven-year [...]

Laura, Clif, Beth, and Rob’s Excellent Adventure – Part 1

I’m writing from air over western Illinois on a US Air flight bound for Philadelphia. (I’ll upload the post after arriving in Philly.)  Tomorrow we will see Niko (our exchange student for the 2008-2009 school year) and his family in Frankfurt, Germany.  On June 13 Laura and I will arrive in Dodoma, the capital of [...]