What I might be doing in Dodoma

Partnership
- Keeping the Vibrant-Tanzania church connection strong and healthy.
- Continuing friendships begun during the Vibrant '08 and '09 trips.
- Dialoguing with CV and Amos about further trips and connections (pastors).
Exposure and learning
- Spending time at the church and volunteering with the various projects.
- Going out into the community to listen and learn from the people.
- Spending time in the hospitals seeing the needs and local structure.
- Live with one of the local staff.
Current Service Needs
- Joining Home Based Care teams on their weekly visits to homes in the area caring for people with HIV or other illnesses.
- Teaching the Compassion International and Lahash kids at the church on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Teaching some JAC principles to the local staff and learning from their experiences in Justice, Advocacy, and Compassion.
- Teaching English, computer basics, and tutoring kids after school at the church.

I also hope to utilize my counseling skills in some way, but I'm not sure if my skill set with translate.