TANzania or TanZANIA!

God has already given Jeannette and I a love for the people of Tanzania.  We're so excited to meet the people and discover the culture and learn the langauge(s).

Population:  43,739,000
Land area:  over twice the size of California
Economy:  Tanzania is in the bottom 10% of the world's economies, agriculture employs 80% of the workforce, but only 4% of the land is useable
Life expectancy at birth: 52 (Africa is the lowest in the world)
People with HIV/AIDS: 1.4 million (5th highest in the world)
Religions:  30% Christian, 35% Muslim, 35% indigenous beliefs
Languages: official languages are English (in the courts and education) and Swahili but 127 total languages are spoken in the country

Pray with us for the people of Tanzania!

(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html)
(http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf)
(http://www.thetask.net/who/statistics)