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Update #4 from Singapore

Update #4 for Singapore/Malaysia May 13, 2018 The Food and Foliage Edition, Vol. One Hello, Everyone... We think we might rival Rick Steves with this Edition of the Updates from the Field. We will not be comprehensive in this Update…

May 6, 2018 Update #2 from Singapore

Dear TATENDA Friends- We have settled into this steamy climate in Singapore, terribly grateful for AirCon and our little apartment refuge from the heat. We are getting familiarized with the food and flora of the country and sampling many new…

Getting ready for Singapore and Malaysia

April 19, 2018 Dear TATENDA followers– In two weeks time we will depart as the Travel Team for Singapore and Malaysia. This is trip #13 and the two of us on the team, Jolie Monasterio and Nicki Verploegen, will meet up…

30 Days of Thanksgiving

Dear TATENDA International Friends- An entire year has passed and within that twelve months, we at TATENDA International have added a fourth African country to the roster of communities we have served with our retreats. Cameroon has joined Zimbabwe, Kenya,…

Celebration

June 10, 2017 Update #5 Hello, Everyone. This may be our last missive from Cameroon.  Our “modem” leaves tomorrow with Fr. Joseph and then we will have no access. We will try to make the best of it, however, things…

Celebrations on Pentecost

June 7, 2017 Dear Ones- I am finally online again.  As you see from the photos, there were many celebrations on Pentecost.  Of course, Victoria had her #1 mango… and also “pears” also known as “bush butter”, a sour-tart mushy…

Communication

June 6, 2017 The biggest frustration being here is not that lack of fresh water for bathing…. we now have it and we stick a hot poker in it to make it warm for a “bath”…Otherwise, we just do what my mother called “spit…

The Food is Great

June 5, 2017 Update from the Field #2 Hello, Everyone. How are all of you? We are doing well. The food here is phenomenal.  The salads are works of art. We start our meals first with fruit, mango, papaya, banana,…

First impressions of Cameroon

June 1, 2017 Hello, Everyone. We made it! So sorry about the delay of this connection. No internet access until today and it is in and out now.  We are so glad to tell you we are safe and starting…

Departure 2017

Sunday, May 28, 2017 Dear Loved Ones of TATENDA International; We fly today!! Yes, it will take us about 22 hours to arrive in Douala, Cameroon, after starting out from Boston, then to New York, then to Paris, and finally......…

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