Chimala Hospital and Mission

On May 3rd I flew out of Oklahoma City for Tanzania, Africa.  I left Oklahoma at 12 noon, arrived in Amsterdam at 8am on May 4th, then in Kilamanjaro, Tanzania at 6pm and finally at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at 8pm.  Dar is the capital of Tanzania.  It was around 10:30pm before we made our way through immigration and to our hotel for the night.  Up at 4:30 am, on the road at 5:30 by bus to the Chimala Mission arriving at 6pm.  Wow!  I am really sleepy, but I am also very amazed by the terrain and the amount of open land here.  Not to mention the baboons in the middle of the road!  Totally unexpected.

The Mission is really big....I looked it up on google earth before I came, but it is really big!  There are monkeys playing in the trees!!!  The mission consists of the Chimala Church of Christ, the Chimala Hospital, the Chimala Bible Institute and the Chimala Primary and Secondary schools.  There are approximately 500 children who live on campus and others who live within walking distance attending school here.  What a wonderful work.

Last week, I spent most of my time at the Chimala Bible Institute.  It was the last week of classes before they went on break.  They had a seminar covering the Beatitudes with Tony Parker from Montgomery, Alabama.  The attendance was about 100 all 3 days and the singing was amazing.  Along with my time at the Chimala Bible Institute, I got familiar with all the areas of the mission and met many of the workers and leaders.

This past weekend, we went on a safari.  This was an absolutely amazing experience.  We saw so many animals!  I was surprised....elephants, a male lion, a leopard, hylux, mongoose, giraffes, zebras, baboons, ostriches, lots of different birds, hippos, crocs and I am sure many more.  Gods creation is fantastic.  I wanted to show you pictures, but I am having no luck in getting them to load to this blog.  Maybe soon.

All of this sounds like I am just playing and having fun.  Well, while I won't deny I am enjoying myself, I am learning as much as I can about this mission.  I continue in my desire to work as a medical missionary in Africa.  The administrators of this mission as seeking a full-time nurse to work here and I want to know what role I can fill here.  "I want to be a worker for the Lord."