Dar es Salaam

My time in Mwanza is slowly coming to a close. :( I will be heading to Dar es Salaam (the big city on the coast, the biggest city in Tanzania) at the end of March and staying there until I leave Tanzania. I will be staying at the home of my friends, Pastor Len and Marilyn Mittelstaedt, in Dar, while they are in Canada for their son's wedding. I'll be leading worship at the church they pastor at, which is an English-language church, working with the worship team and helping make sure everything is transported and set up. During the week I'll be volunteering at the HOPAC school, a Christian private school that Len is connected with, helping out there however they need me. So I'll be sad to leave Mwanza, especially all my friends at Starehe (I'm not sure if I will find any little munchkins in Dar who come running up to me and grab my leg and try to get me to sing Il m'a sauve with them whenever they see me) but am excited about this opportunity to help out in Dar and get to know the big city. In my free time I'll be able to relax, explore downtown, head to the beaches, and maybe visit some places outside of town reachable by dalla dalla. My departure date from Tanzania is still not set, (although it will be SOON!!!) but I'm planning on heading to Turkey sometime in mid/late-May, and taking a one-month June language course there. (that is, if my plans all work out) I'll be in Turkey then until early July and will be home latest mid-July. It will be nice to be home again, but that isn't yet- BADO- not yet... So, 3 weeks in Mwanza, maybe 6 or 7 weeks in Dar, and maybe 6 or 7 weeks in Turkey, and probably 4 months total, until I'm home.