One weekend to go

Erin and I are getting busy with preparations for travel to Tanzania this summer. We'll be going with a group of wonderful friends from Vibrant Church in Portland (Trip website here). We'll have some updates here - as well as some group updates on the HopeIsAlive website. Here's our itinerary for those of you interested:

• June 2 5:10 PM - leave from Portland - stop in Salt Lake City - Arrive at JFK (New York)
• June 3 11: 20 AM - leave from JFK (New York) - stop in Dubai
  
• June 4 3:20 PM - Arrive in Dar Es Salaam - See the beach - Spend the night at a hotel
• June 5 Bus to Dodoma - supper at the Pastor's home - Sleep at the MAF guesthouse
• June 6 Orientation - Break off into homestays
• June 7 Home Visits (Interviews with AIDS clients)
• June 8 Church Service - Adam preaches
• June 9 Visit the Ntyuka Health Center
• June 10 Home Visits (Interviews with AIDS clients)
• June 11 Visit the Village of Hope/Home Visits
• June 12 Msalato Bible Camping
• June 13 Msalato Bible Camping
• June 14 Children Ministry Day - Sleep at MAF Guesthouse
• June 15 Church Service - Leave to Dar Es Salaam - Sleep in a hotel
• June 16 5:20 PM - Lunch at a restaurant (Debrief) - Leave Dar Es Salaam - Arrive in Dubai
• June 17 9 PM - Arrive in Portland (After a stop at JFK and Washington DC)
  

I'll be staying on and traveling to Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan after the Vibrant group and Erin head back to the U.S.

Here's a shot of Portland that I took the other night...

posted by Dan @ 2:58 PM