Ready for the off... well almost!

Having thought, planned and dreamed about this for the almost three years, we are on the cusp of heading off on what we hope will be our amazing adventure in Tanzania. Amazing because of what we will see and do in the next four weeks but also amazing as we pray that God will impact many lives, including our own.

As many of you know, Team Tanzania (as it seems to be now known!) is heading off with Tearfund/Go MAD on 6 July to Musoma in NW Tanzania, East Africa. The Campbell family - Peter, Lisa, Kate (16), Tom (14) & Ben (11) and McFerran family - Jonathan, Susan, Jack (15), Patrick (12) & Harry (6) are planning to help to build toilets, water towers and goat sheds for the people who live in the Musoma area.

We're really excited about being part of this incredible work and have been overwhelmed by the support we have received by friends and family. Through various fund raising initiatives you have helped us raise almost £15,000 and by doing so are helping to make a difference in the lives of many people who are living in absolute poverty.

At present we are frantically sorting all the things that need to be done in the days before departure – sorting clothes, changing money, sorting visas, double checking travel arrangements etc etc. I think we are at the point that we all just want to be there! To get there we fly on Wednesday evening from Dublin to Nairobi, Kenya (via Abu Dhabi) and spend one night in a guest house before the 8 hour bus journey across the Tanzanian border to Musoma.

Depending on access to wifi, we hope to keep anyone who may be interested up to date by writing this Team Tanzania blog - teamanzan.blogspot.com

We would love you to pray for:

• Protection during our travels especially the journey out, including the 8 hour bus journey from Nairobi to Musoma.
• Good relations between our two families, the other volunteers who will be there at the same time and the local people who we will meet.
• Good health and avoidance of serious illness.
• Safety as we work, travel and spend time in Musoma.
• Wisdom as we make decisions about where to use the funds we have raised for the project.
• That God will change the way we see the world around us through this experience and impact the lives of our children (and the adults) in a lasting way.