Countdown is on...
We have just returned from a 5 day safari in Tanzania and Kenya. It was absolutely superb and will get it's own blog posts!
For those of you who are wondering, Jack has fully recovered from his bout of malaria and is back to his old self. We had a dreamy 5 days and I will work on new blog posts of our journey over the next few days. I tried to keep notes along the way so I wouldn't forget any important details. In other news, we are still waiting for Malinga to become part of our family. The system is moving along albeit at a snail's pace. Keep up the prayers for all those of you who are the praying type.
We have plans to go to Bagamoyo at the end of next week so that we can have three days at the beach with Malinga before the kids return to Canada with Roman's mom. We have decided to send them home two weeks early (I guess the malaria was the deciding factor and that the kids are quite homesick). Of course Grandma and Grandad Yeates agreed that it was a fantastic idea! They have not seen their beloved grandkids for over two months.
Bagamoyo is on the Northern Coast of Tanznaia, about a half day drive from Dar es Salaam. It was the last mainland site that slaves were transported to before being 'sorted' (like cargo) for 'shipment' to Zanzibar or beyond. It is a small fishing village on the Indian Ocean now but there are memorials to the slavery missionaries like Livingston and the like who worked to have slavery abolished once and for all( or have we?...not always sure when I look around here).
For those of you who are wondering, Jack has fully recovered from his bout of malaria and is back to his old self. We had a dreamy 5 days and I will work on new blog posts of our journey over the next few days. I tried to keep notes along the way so I wouldn't forget any important details. In other news, we are still waiting for Malinga to become part of our family. The system is moving along albeit at a snail's pace. Keep up the prayers for all those of you who are the praying type.
We have plans to go to Bagamoyo at the end of next week so that we can have three days at the beach with Malinga before the kids return to Canada with Roman's mom. We have decided to send them home two weeks early (I guess the malaria was the deciding factor and that the kids are quite homesick). Of course Grandma and Grandad Yeates agreed that it was a fantastic idea! They have not seen their beloved grandkids for over two months.
Bagamoyo is on the Northern Coast of Tanznaia, about a half day drive from Dar es Salaam. It was the last mainland site that slaves were transported to before being 'sorted' (like cargo) for 'shipment' to Zanzibar or beyond. It is a small fishing village on the Indian Ocean now but there are memorials to the slavery missionaries like Livingston and the like who worked to have slavery abolished once and for all( or have we?...not always sure when I look around here).
posted by karenandroman at 3:04 AM
5 Comments:
Hello Roman and family! Wow - sounds like quite the adventure. Indoor soccer chums all say hi!
Have a safe trip home.
Paul MacLatchy.
fair play to ye sitting here slightly yellow with jealously
So glad to hear Jack is better. You sound like you had a great vacation-well deserved.
My Mum is looking at condos on LBK down here. If you guys have decided against it now that you have so much going on, perhaps we can work it the opposite way- your parents rent from her?! I am sure your Indian Ocean beach will blow LBK out of the water, but we can't wait for your next visit here.
AL
Hi,
Quick question which you, and everyone else who sees this will laugh about, as I am sure you have so many more important issues to deal with at this time, and this is almost 6 months away, but: "Jack has malaria, you're adopting Malinga, and trying to save the world, all while raising your kids, but, uhm - can we stay with you in October? All the hotels and B&B's are sold out"
How's that for the world is "all about me"? Sorry...
Al
Yes, Al. You can stay!!!
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