Sokoine Secondary School

Monduli, Tanzania

Everyone who travels to distant places are often risk-takers

by nature. Our first job, working for the Lutheran Church to
help the Tanzanian government start Sokoine Secondary
School for Maasai students, certainly forced us out of our
comfort zones.

We began with buildings, but without students,

supplies or equipment. Things in TZ in the 80s
didnt happen overnight. We were forced to
develop patience, but as we took on projects
ourselves, (the picture of bunk beds Roger built
for the student dorms is an example,) got to know
the incredible students and culture, and started
our own family, we realized the importance of
perseverance and are proud to have left behind a
school that still functions today.