So, things are almost sorted for the first part of my trip. One concern was getting a visa for Tanzania. They wanted a return ticket, but I will be going on from Tanzania to Malawi, and since there are no air connections between the two countries I will have to make that part of the journey either by bus or by private car – so no return ticket. I ended up giving them my overall ticket (return to Kenya) plus my invitation to Malawi and my Malawi visa, to show that I was not intending to remain in Tanzania. It worked, and I now have my visa, praise the Lord.
So these are the plans for the first part of the trip: I will leave Australia on 1st November, arriving in Nairobi, Kenya on 2nd. I will be ministering with Apostle Adams Sabila in Kitale till 9th November, when I will go on to Tanzania.
Unfortunately I have an 11 hour overnight stop-over in Dar Es Salaam (black dot on east coast of Tanzania) so it looks like I will be sleeping at the airport. Then I go to Kigoma (black dot in north west, just south of Burundi) to minister with Pastor Peter Sambo.
On 16th I will go back to Dar Es Salaam to connect through to Mbeya and Pastor Philip Mahali. (No overnight at the airport this time, praise God.)
On 23rd I will travel by bus or car to Malawi, to Pastor Thomas Mapira, and then on 29th to Zimbabwe to Pastor Samson Tegwe.
From Zimbabwe I go to Zambia on 6th December. This will probably be another bus ride – there is a flight, but as far as I can tell it goes half way round the world. I’m hoping that while I’m in Zambia, as well as ministry I might get to see Victoria Falls again. Last time I was there (in 1991) I thought I had taken a whole roll of film (those were the days before digital cameras) only to find when I got home that the camera had jammed and I had taken 36 exposures on one frame!
After Zambia I will head back to Kenya on 13th December to spend Christmas with Apostle Adams and his family and minister to our pastors there.
Apostle Adams and family.