Bomalongombe #2

This is an amazing place.  It sits about 6,500 feet above sea level.  There are lots of trees and the soil is very fertile.  This is a stark constrast to the other parts of TZ I have seen.  I've rarely seen greeen trees and the soil seems to be red clay and difficult to farm.  Corn and potatoes are the main crops in the Boma area.  The houses are different from Iringa, Kidibaga and Tungamalenga.  Here wood is the basic building material rather than bricks.  This structures in this town resemble Guatemala which also has an abundance of wood.

Boma has electricity because CEFA, an Italian nonprofit aid organization, built a hydroelectric plant.  They built a dam on a small river at the top of a hill and directed the water through a spillway and into pipe.  The pipe ran down the hill to a building which held a turbine which was spun by the rushing water.  Pretty slick.

We took part in a 2 1/2 hour worship service.  It was shorter than usual because the main pastor wasn't there.  It was the most spirit-filled, liveliest and most fun service I've been to in a long, long time.  The time flew by.  The music absolutely rocked.  I recorded some of the music on my phone.  It's pretty good.

We then had a 2 hour meeting with the town leadership where Ray Menard updated the group on the plans to build a potato storage facility.  The town wants it done immediately.  Ray has convinced them to form a co-op to gain group buying and selling power.  It was a really positive meeting.