on the road
Greetings from New Jersey, where we’re just wrapping up the end of our second leg of this year’s Mirembe Tour. We’ve been here for four days now, graciously hosted by Curt Fissel and Ellen Friedland, and shuttled from meeting to meeting, presentation to presentation. We’ve met with St. John’s Lutheran Church in Greenwich Village, Omar Mosque in Patterson, New Jersey, The Pioneer Academy, Congregation B’nai Keshet, Allwood Community Church, and Seton Hall University. A big thanks to everyone who organized these events: to the communities who are supporting us, and who are making it their work to be ambassadors for this project.
Tomorrow we head off for Washington, D.C.
And aside from all of that, we’re happy to announce that JJ Keki and his wife Miriam are the proud parents of a new baby girl! Here is a picture of their daughter, and another of JJ surrounded by friends when he first learned of the news. The little one’s name is Ellen Grace Ntuyo—congratulations to JJ and Miriam, and welcome to the world Ntuyo! 
And here are a couple of other fun photos from our travels:
Sam, Margaret, and Sinina, all dressed up, and ready for snow.
from the bus, coming from Boston.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Hi Ben,
Just letting you know that I sent both you and Holly in “invitation” to view my photos on Kodakgallery. Find it on your email @thanksgivingcoffee.com. The last picture at the sign came out great. All the best to you all as you complete this wonderful tour.
Mirembe.
Betsy
March 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
congratulations to jj and family on the arrival of your beautiful little ellen grace! it was wonderful to hear about the peace kawomera cooperative at seton hall university. thank you all for sharing your stories and delicious coffee. i will help spread the news about mirembe kawomera.