Author Archives: Brenda Kimaro

Our Future Chicken House

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

The fundi (workman) comes today to start building our chicken house. We eat a lot of eggs so it makes financial sense to raise our own rather than buying them from someone else. Based on my calculations, the investment of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Comes Early!

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

This week a friend I used to work with at Lutheran World Relief came to Arusha to lead a training for the regional management staff. She kindly brought along the Christmas gifts my family had gotten for Max and Elly. … Continue reading →

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Our Homemade Water Table

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

There are few things that hold Max and Elly’s attention for long, but water is one of my best bets when I need to keep than occupied on their own for more than a few minutes. The day I prepared … Continue reading →

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Spritz Cookies Without the Spritz

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

I’ve been in the mood for spritz cookies lately. I had some butter left over from Kakasii’s birthday cake so I thought I’d whip up a batch this morning. To make things more interesting, I decided to involve Max and … Continue reading →

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A Two-Goat Celebration

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

This weekend we traveled to Moshi to celebrate the arrival of a new baby. As is customary in Tanzania, a new baby is often celebrated with the slaughtering of a goat–in this case, two goats. I’ll spare you the photos … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

I’ve never been a real fan of Halloween and was hoping that living in Tanzania would mean I could just ignore it altogether. But I had vowed to be better about getting out more as a family so the Halloween … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Kakasii!

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

Today is Kakasii’s birthday but since we had some other plans in place, we opted for an early celebration yesterday with a family trip to Arusha National Park. It had been several months since we were last at the park … Continue reading →

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Our Visit to the Shamba: Day 4

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

Our last day on the farm was supposed to be pretty straight-forward: Kakasii and I would make a quick run to Moshi to buy feed for the cows and chickens while Anita and Mazaa would pack up and then we’d … Continue reading →

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Our Visit to the Shamba: Day 3

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

The third day of your visit to the shamba was the main reason we made the trip: we were scheduled to have access to the river water for irrigating our coffee trees and banana plants. We pay an annual fee … Continue reading →

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Our Visit to the Shamba: Day 2

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Brenda Kimaro

Up bright an early today for another big day on the shamba! Max and Elly have been learning to brush their teeth and are quite enthusiastic about it. They like to flash me a big smile when they are done … Continue reading →

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