| Message | Dear Pr. Ombeni It has been a long time since we have communicated. Patty and I are doing well. The rest of our family is doing well also, my husband Don, daughter, Jessica and son, Mike. I have such fond memories of my time in Mararo and Msindo. I hope to return some day. I hope that we can show our coming guests the gracious hospitality that we were shown. In the last few months I have meta couple of people from Tanzania that are now living in Iowa. One, Anna Joyce Mbise, goes to college in Forest City, a town near the northern border of the state of Iowa. He mother works at the ELCT office in Arusha. She is a wonderful young woman. The other is an MBA student studing at Drake University here in Des Moines. He is from the Kilamajaro area, but now works for a bank in Dar Salaam. He is Lutheran and has visited Grace a couple times. When I talk to these people it reminds me of the our wonderful, warm brothers and sisters in Christ in Marao and Msindo. I also really want to compliment you and the companion committee again on having Patty and I stay with the Msuya family. They were a perfect match for us. We truely felt comfortable, welcomed, loved and we were entertained by the whole family as well as the neighbors. Thank you for helping make our experience be so positive. I hope your studies continue to go well. May god Bless you and your family everyday. Beth Flannery
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