Family Stories

Amani Children’s Home

January 16, 2015

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Gail Gettler

I am a free lance writer living in Bozeman, Montana. I have two wonderful girls and a loving, supportive husband with whom I travel, ski, surf and navigate the ups and downs of life. I write because I have to. Inside me are many stories -- stories of who I am and how I got to this place, stories of what makes me sing and what makes me cry. I hope you are enjoying my website.

A Story From the Past — Jordan

I am Gail Gettler and I am a freelance writer living in Bozeman, Montana. Last year, my family and I moved to Tanzania, East Africa where we explored life in a culture very different from ours.

Along the way we made life-long friends, spent hours in the bush with wildlife and we came home to Bozeman with a new passion – to remain a part of the world that opened our eyes and hearts in new ways. The essays and photos that are a product of our travels are here on this website.

Our adventure also resulted in a new job for me. When I am not writing essays these days, I am learning what it means to be the Development Director of The Plaster House in Arusha, Tanzania. My daughter, Anna Eby, and I volunteered there for a month and our lives were changed forever. This job presents many challenges. I am looking skyward at a steep learning curve. I swore years ago that I could never ask anyone for money. I guess I hadn’t found the right cause.

I invite you to read in these pages about The Plaster House and to check out the photos in the Gallery. The Plaster House changed our lives forever. Perhaps you too will feel moved to be a part of The Plaster House and change a life forever.

THE PLASTER HOUSE TOUR BEGINS
October 12, 2016
The Right Thing
February 11, 2016
We’re Off!
January 29, 2016