Tag: rain in Africa
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Mayaka
In early February of this year, Tropical Cyclone Freddy began to collect moisture and strength as it made its way from the Indian Ocean towards East Africa. The storm officially received a name on February 6th. Freddy made landfall in Madagascar on the 21st and crossed the Mozambique Channel and hit the mainland on the…
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Videos from Zimbabwe
January 2023 I took a handful of videos during my trip but wasn’t able to get them to load on the blog, I’m home now and have access to high speed internet. I wanted to share a few videos of some memorable moments with you all. I hope you enjoy seeing a little bit of…
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Bomba On the Sabbath
Day 8 – 21st January 2023 Zimbabwe is organized into 10 provinces. These provinces are further organized into 59 districts with 1,200 wards. Within these wards are cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated settlements. Kadoma City is in the Kadoma district of the Mashonaland West province. Harare, the capital city, has its own small province as…
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Everything is Different After it Rains
Day 7 – 20th January 2023 Our original plans to visit an individual fell through so we fell back on our alternative plan to head back to the church property and find the seventh and final corner marker. This would give Mabasa a better idea of the layout in the real word so it will…
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Water, Fields, and Battlefields
Day 6 – 19th January 2023 The day’s task was to visit one of the church members who lives not far outside of Kadoma. Douglas Kachilima lives on his family’s plot of land in an area called Battlefields. The name comes from the history of naming local mining claims after famous battles. More than 40…