READ THE WHOLE STORY!

At last we're able to share with our wonderful donors the exciting story of how Bibi Jann School and our projects evolved with THE SCHOOL THAT LOVE BUILT: A True African Adventure!

Here you'll journey with me to Tanzania, East AFrica on my first visit with Eric. Venture into the village of Mbagala. Fall in love with a handful of rag-tag AIDS orphans and poor children. Vow to help them have a real school. Become Bibi Jann, with projects ranging from school to orphanage to farm to GRANDMA-2-GRANDMA.

And you'll discover this fascinating country up close: Get caught in a riot while shopping. Meet artists, crazy chickens and former President Bill Clinton. Tour town with a gaggle of girls and you the only white person. Get robbed and suffer the futility of filing a report at with the polisi. And become friends with very poor people who still can appreciate life's joys.

THE SCHOOL THAT LOVE BUILT is Vol. 2 of the WHERE LOVE LEADS trilogy, costs just $2.99 and is easily downloadable to your computer or any reading device. And if you've ever contributed to Bibi Jann, you'll find YOUR NAME in a book!

Simply click on https://www.amazon.com/author/findjannbooks

DISCOVERING MBAGALA

Sharing one's life and work abroad with family and friends is rewarding, an experience I had the summers of 2011 and 2012 with daughter Michelle Walton and her son Dorian (2012) and her daughter Ashley (2011).

My teenage grandchildren and daughter had met Fatuma Gwao when she came to the U.S. in Fall 2010, but meeting all the bibis, school kids, orphans and neighbors in Fatuma's village proved an educational and life-changing event.

They learned first-hand that religions can happily co-exist, that people don't need "stuff" to be happy, and that real problems exist in life beyond a dent in the new car. They learned how to cook on the floor, break a Ramadan fast, carry water on their heads, and kill a lion with a spear. You won't discover any of this at Disneyland!

Enjoy the pictures!