We got on that Turkish Airways flight at 7am 6/20 from Lahore to Istanbul to Dar-es-Salaam, TZ where we had to take our 7th Covid test (negative) before getting on a domestic flight to Arusha and having to pay $120 overweight baggage. We have been staying at the Habari Maalum Media Center guest house at 4600 feet elevation and temps in the low 50’s and mid 70’s – quite a change from well over 100 degrees in Lahore. Tomorrow we start on our fourth workshop at Habari Maalum College. This week we have been producing news stories for Global News Alliance – One with an old friend, Kiwia who drives Sinema Leo Mobile cinema vans – showing Christian films to 5-600 people at each stop. 2nd an interview on the effects of covid on the staff and students at Habari Maalum College and 3rd a project to take one of the most popular Christian films CHECKPOINT and convert the last known 16mm print to digital for immediate use on mobile vans in Tanzania, Ghana and other locations across Africa. We have started a “Harambee Fundraising Project” to raise the necessary $1200 for digitizing and distribution of the digital masters.
Just this week we learned that Ethiopia has changed their visa requirements and tightened entry requirements due to COVID. We thought we would have to go to the Ethiopia embassy but there is not one in Tanzania! However, it appears that since we already have a e-visa we will have no problem traveling on July 10th.
Hand Washing Station New office in Arusha