"When can we go back?"

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After 24 hours of air travel, a short night, and midway through our ten hour cross country drive, Geri bubbled over with enthusiasm, “It’s so amazing! I am SO happy I came!”



After just a few days visiting our partners in Tungamalenga, another traveler said, “Just when you think one day couldn’t possibly be better than the day before, it just keeps getting better!”



What’s the experience that causes so much enthusiasm?  A visit to our companion congregations in Tanzania. Travelers experience overwhelming hospitality, being treated both as honored guests and as family. We are welcomed into the life of the church, with song, dance, and prayer. We are welcomed into the daily lives of our partners and see their challenges – to grow food, collect clean water, send children to school, and have access to good health care. We also witness their faith and hope, their effective evangelism, and we are humbled by their strong sense of community.

The 2017 SOTV Journey to Tanzania is open to the first fifteen applicants, and will be led by Pastor Rick Summy and Kirsten Levorson.  Tentative travel dates are July 3 – 19 and the estimated cost is $5000. Information is available at http://www.sotv.org/tanzania. Applications and a $500 deposit are due October 15.  Questions?  Contact Kirsten.Levorson@sotv.org.



“When can we go back?” – Geri’s comment the first Sunday we were back at SOTV.

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