Miracles and dogs

God bless everyone that received our  message and responded.  The impact on the future of Tanzania and their children is multiplied by ten thousand times your gifts.  William puts it best - Your blessing to Tanzania means God's blessing on you ten thousand times more. I think it shows how blessed we are that we can give so freely of the gifts that God has given us.  My eyes have been filled with machozi (tears) the last 24 hours.  Steph is beginning to use swahili and she has also decided to become a missionary with her pastoral degree.  Oh boy!  She will be leading the devotions for the teachers for the next few days.  We did not fall last night on the way to the snack bar.  This time we walked in the daylight instead of trying to discover our way in the dark.  We were also greeted by Kennedy and Edward last night as our guards.  Our suitcases are packed and we will head to Peace House Africa this morning.  Allen will be our driver.  It will be Steph's first look at Arusha town.  Now for the dog story - Last night Alexa and I stayed in the center until 8:00 pm.  She walked out ahead of me and I lingered to make sure the doors were closed tight.  As I was walking back to our room, I heard a rustling and saw gold eyes in the bushes. Luckily I had not drank a lot of water as it would not have been good.  So now I know what is meant by paralyzed with fear.  As the animals leapt forward, i realized it wasn't a cougar or small lion but rather two of Mwangaza's dogs, which we have heard growling at night but have not met yet.  My vocal chords became free from paralysis as I screamed " alexa - dogs" The dogs began to jump on me and Alexa yelled back, " Are they biting you".  Luckily they are not interested in eating Americans.  Alexa screamed for Edward to come help me  and Edward was very nonchalant about coming to my rescue.  Finally,  he called off the dogs.  From the safety of the balcony, Alexa  thought they were rather cute.  Cute is not the word I would use when they leap from the darkness. - Ala The Lions in the darkness.    It was yet another chapter in the life of a Tanzanian volunteer.