Did you know that the Kiswahili word for 'build' is 'jenga'?
I build - ninajenga,
you build - unajenga,
they build - wanajenga,
I will build - nitajenga.
That is what is happening all around us here in Tanzania, and it helps us realize we really are living in a developing nation. The Secondary School is still in the building process; we are waiting for a new library to be completed, then the books can be moved out of the science laboratory to free that up for what it was built for.
All you need are the building blocks and you can put them together to make almost anything, like, for instance, a.... language. Did you try taking the words above apart and finding which means 'I', and the present tense? But it's hard work, and old brains find it more and more difficult to learn new things.
Our friends in Iringa have built a little guest house so we can go and stay there on our weekends. In the picture you can see Kaiya and Caleb (or was it Liam - the other twin) helping move the bricks; Neroli and Kevin's role was encouragement. Give thanks to God that we have been made to feel so welcome.
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