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masterfulmoron

2008-08-29, 06:42 PM

Michaelgoround

2008-08-29, 08:35 PM

Why you moving to Africa?

masterfulmoron

2008-08-29, 08:38 PM

my dad is going to teach at a misionary school in Dar es Salaam

maestro8

2008-08-29, 11:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE

ivan

2008-08-30, 10:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceG3Su5lSMs

Triball

2008-08-30, 12:41 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRVWnrWYJr8

Into the blue

2008-08-30, 01:24 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbyzTI0M8eo

Triball

2008-08-30, 01:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqGyzWPpp4

By the way, where in Africa are you going to?

ivan

2008-08-30, 02:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbyzTI0M8eo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQsoea0etg

masterfulmoron

2008-08-31, 01:50 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbyzTI0M8eo
I love the marx Bros. Have you seen the whole movie?

Unicycle-Emele

2008-08-31, 02:42 AM

I think hes going to tanzania.

surfer1024

2008-08-31, 03:56 AM

my family and I are moving to africa in January if you want our newsletter you can let me know your email address and I will give it to my parents.
but please pray for us as we need the last bit of our monthly support.
I went to africa (Cameroon to be exact) last year on a summer long missions trip and it was a good spiritual experience. I'm a p.k. and sometimes its hard so im sure its gonna be hard being an m.k. I'll definately pray for ya.

Unicycle-Emele

2008-08-31, 04:03 AM

What are p.k and m.k.

Jethro

2008-08-31, 02:42 PM

What are p.k and m.k.

PK=Pastor's Kid
MK=Missionary's kid.

It is church speak--probably something only a pastor/missionary or his/her children would know.

Into the blue

2008-08-31, 04:36 PM

I love the marx Bros. Have you seen the whole movie?

I used to own tham all on video.
Now I'm picking them up slowly one by one on DVD.

I tried to find Spaulding's grand entrance ("Hooray for Captain Spaulding, the African explorer!") but to no avail.

masterfulmoron

2008-09-01, 09:27 PM

PK=Pastor's Kid
MK=Missionary's kid.

It is church speak--probably something only a pastor/missionary or his/her children would know.
an then of course there is MGK=Misionary GranKid

By the way, where in Africa are you going to?
I am going to Dar Es Sallaam in Tanzania

masterfulmoron

2008-09-04, 12:10 AM

anybody else?

Jethro

2008-09-04, 12:16 AM

Anybody else what?

Anybody else a PK? I'm not, but my three kids are.

GILD

2008-09-04, 01:36 PM

Be sure to climb Kilimanjaro while you're there.
If you live and work locally, you apparantly get a special reduced price.

masterfulmoron

2008-09-04, 06:17 PM

Anybody else what?

Anybody else a PK? I'm not, but my three kids are.
any body else going to post on my thread?:D
Be sure to climb Kilimanjaro while you're there.
If you live and work locally, you apparantly get a special reduced price.
I will:)

masterfulmoron

2008-09-21, 05:54 PM

revive the thread.

masterfulmoron

2009-01-08, 02:21 AM

we are going to the AIM HQ in New York on the 12th and leaving the country on the 16th and I am taking my unicycles:)

Triball

2009-01-08, 03:16 PM

So, how is Tanzania treating you?

masterfulmoron

2009-01-08, 04:00 PM

what do you mean? I haven't gotten there yet

Triball

2009-01-08, 06:09 PM

Oops, missed your last post. Well, have a good journey then:)

BillyTheMountain

2009-01-08, 10:32 PM

Please tell the people in Africa to be thankful they do to live in the USA, where there are awful economic conditions.

See if anyone there knows how to do a "food dance" for the USA.

masterfulmoron

2009-01-09, 02:47 AM

I think your words got scrambled
what did you mean by that?

BillyTheMountain

2009-01-09, 03:30 AM

Please tell the people in Africa to be thankful they don't live in the USA, where there are awful economic conditions.

See if anyone there knows how to do a "food dance" for the USA.

fixed!

masterfulmoron

2009-01-09, 04:18 AM

thank you

ntappin

2009-01-10, 02:59 AM

HEY AFRICA!

masterfulmoron

2009-01-13, 03:26 PM

well we're just past Knoxville and we're just about to leave the motel. we got in around 3 this morning

masterfulmoron

2009-01-19, 09:43 AM

we are in Nairobi Kenya scheduled for a month (about?) of ABO (Africa based orientation

GILD

2009-01-19, 09:49 AM

What does that entail?

Don't drink the water and don't feed the lions?

masterfulmoron

2009-01-19, 12:24 PM

language, something else, meetings(I won't attend), taking care of the other missionary children (during the meetings(I won't attend)), sleeping, other stuff, stuff I can't think of, other stuff I can't think of, etc...

GILD

2009-01-19, 12:34 PM

You sounds well organised and totally on top of it.

Just hope they don't cover "don't drink the water and don't feed the lions" in one of the meetings you won't attend.

Biggestbtc

2009-01-19, 09:37 PM

Also watch out for flying insects. I'm not sure what you've got over there, but I know they were quite present in Guyana during the 8 years I was there as an MK.

Maybe I missed it, but what mission organization are you guys under?

masterfulmoron

2009-01-20, 03:20 AM

we have malaria carrying mosquitoes
we're under AIM (Africa Inland Mission (for those who didn't know) )

masterfulmoron

2009-01-27, 05:34 PM

I am alive. I survived a visit to town

Unicyko

2009-01-27, 09:34 PM

praying for ya man i went to haiti over the summer and they said that was little africa so i will definatly keep you in my prayers.
ben:)

GILD

2009-01-28, 06:33 AM

I am alive. I survived a visit to town
I' m managin to survive LIVING in one.

You'll be fine.

masterfulmoron

2009-02-20, 07:58 AM

I am in Dar and it's HOT!

masterfulmoron

2009-04-08, 02:09 PM

well it's break here and I just unicycled to the school I will be going to in august where my dad is already working. at the moment we are living about 3-4 miles away from school. but we are probably going to move across the street from school which, because it is a big street, doesn't make it very clos

masterfulmoron

2009-06-04, 01:35 PM

yay the electricety came back on last night it's been off for a week because something exploded

BillyTheMountain

2009-06-06, 11:57 AM

yay the electricety came back on last night it's been off for a week because something exploded

was it terrorism?

by the way, do you have cold beer? or hard liquor?

r u old enough to drink in the bars? r the bars filled with missionaries and singles hooking up after a hard day of dedicated work?

keep it up!

masterfulmoron

2009-06-08, 11:20 AM

was it terrorism?

by the way, do you have cold beer? or hard liquor?

r u old enough to drink in the bars? r the bars filled with missionaries and singles hooking up after a hard day of dedicated work?

keep it up!

no it wasn't terrorism someone decided they needed some transformer parts.

GILD

2009-06-08, 11:22 AM

We recently had half a days outage as a result of a vervet monkey deciding it needed some transformer parts.
Touched all the wrong wires and burnt itself to a solid crisp, knocking out the power to a quarter of the town.

Poor monkey.

BillyTheMountain

2009-07-04, 06:35 PM

GILD

2009-07-05, 08:06 AM

Due to some 'issues' we've had recently (GOOGLE "load shedding") most venues have generators available to keep essentials running.
Like in the local mall, they have generators to run the machines where you pay for your parking but not for the aircons.
So all the shops close, but they can (and do) still charge you for parking.

BillyTheMountain

2009-07-05, 03:31 PM

In a way, that's too bad.

On the rare occasion a hurricane knocks out the electricity, I've enjoyed taking refuge from the storm in a pub with the novel atmosphere created by no lights, only candles.

masterfulmoron

2009-07-06, 12:32 PM

we have a generator.

BillyTheMountain

2009-07-10, 05:48 PM

that ruins the romance

Unitik908

2009-07-11, 01:05 AM

my dad is going to teach at a misionary school in Dar es Salaam

buzzkill.

I respect your dedication to your family, because I can tell you forsure that if my parent was moving to africa, I sure wouldn't be.

Chase

BillyTheMountain

2009-07-11, 02:06 AM

you obviously haven't been raised on National Geographic

BillyTheMountain

2009-08-01, 02:28 AM

Do you start school in Dar tomorrow, or Monday?

What are you studying?

How are you?

Got any cool pics to post?

Billy

masterfulmoron

2009-08-01, 08:02 AM

Do you start school in Dar tomorrow, or Monday?

What are you studying?

How are you?

Got any cool pics to post?

Billy

I start on the 24th of august.
I am hoping to study mathematics:D
yeah I'll post them later (I'm in a class)

BillyTheMountain

2009-08-02, 09:58 PM

I start on the 24th of august.
I am hoping to study mathematics:D
yeah I'll post them later (I'm in a class)

I don't get it. School doesn't start until the 24th, but you're in a CLASS?

Are your teachers African?

masterfulmoron

2009-08-05, 07:59 AM

I don't get it. School doesn't start until the 24th, but you're in a CLASS?

Are your teachers African?

I was taking a LAMP (language acquisition made practical) course

BillyTheMountain

2009-08-05, 11:37 AM

are you also learning a new language?

Or learning how to teach English?

masterfulmoron

2009-08-11, 10:20 AM

i don't know

All the gardeners here have tried my unicycle. I was thinking I could probably build one for them out of a 2 wheeled one