Local residents return from life changing challenge in Africa

(Monduli, Tanzania —Local Pine Bluffs residents, Lisa and Seth Heinert gave up the familiar comforts and cultural norms of home for a new and exciting challenge, volunteering at a school in East Africa. Lisa and Seth departed from the US and headed to Tanzania in August 2010 with the intention to volunteer at the Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania (IEFT) for one year. After over two-and-a-half years, they returned home to southeastern Wyoming in April.

Speaking humbly, Lisa explained “We stayed longer than we had planned because we could. We know that there are many people who...