Category Archives: Tanzanian Culture

5 Photo Friday: Grandma Comes to Tanzania

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Brenda Kimaro

Mom and my sister Carla packed up and headed home yesterday. In their two-week visit, I took 993 photos, and Carla took about 700. So it’s pretty tough to narrow those down into a 5 Photo Friday post, so I plan … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Max and Elly’s Birthday Party

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Max and Elly turned 4 years old on Sunday so on Monday they got to have a birthday party with their classmates at school. What better way to kick off the week than to pump a bunch of preschoolers full … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Celebrating 5 Years

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Today is our 5th wedding anniversary. We got married in Nebraska, in Sonshine Chapel at Carol Joy Holling Camp, the church camp where I worked several summers during college and for five years as Communications Manager after I graduated. We … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Flat Stanley Visits Tanzania

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

The second grade class at Cambridge Elementary School in Cambridge, Illinois, is reading the book Flat Stanley. Do you know that story? Stanley is a boy who is flattened when a bulletin board falls on him, and his flatness allows … Continue reading →

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How We Ended Up on House Hunters International

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

It all started with this blog. Last year a casting producer for House Hunters International contacted me through my About page. If you aren’t familiar with the House Hunters International you are apparently in the minority because I’ve been told it’s one … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Food

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

It’s 5 Photo Friday and today we’re talking about food! Here are five types of food that you might encounter should you visit us here in Tanzania (and we hope you will!):

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5 Photo Friday: Happy Birthday, Brenda!

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Wednesday was Brenda’s 20th birthday! Our home is officially free of teenagers! (At least for another 9 years.) For this week’s 5 Photo Friday, I’m sharing a few highlights of our family’s celebration of Brenda’s milestone birthday.

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5 Photo Friday: Education

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Earlier this month Max and Elly started preschool so in honor of that important milestone, this week’s 5 Photo Friday theme is education.

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5 Photo Friday: The Maasai Boma

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Brenda Kimaro

I’m a day late for 5 Photo Friday so I’m throwing in a bonus photo. Earlier this week we went on a family outing to visit a Maasai boma (village) about an hour outside of Arusha. The Maasai chief’s son … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Kakasii!

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Brenda Kimaro

In honor of Kakasii’s birthday I’m doing 5 Photo Friday one day early and including a bonus photo because these are just too good not to share. I’ve taken on an ambitious project of sorting, identifying and labeling hundreds of … Continue reading →

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