A-Town
Gazette
July 23, 2008
Dear Friends,
You wouldn't think it
would be soooo cold in "Africa," but...it's all relative to where you are
staying when you travel. This past week, I traveled to the capitol of Dar es
Salaam to teach in the Bible Institute branch there. I had in tow with me, a
24 year old Bible College intern named Ben Phebus, who accompanied me on
this journey. After doing some tedious office visiting in Dar for the
purpose of getting some syllabii for our Christian school, and after
visiting the Kenyan Embassy for future visa's etc, it was ministry time.
Friday evening and Saturday all morning found me teaching the Bible School
course on the Holy Spirit. Saturday afternoon, we headed west to Morogoro
and then on to Turiani , a little bit in the bush. The little town of
Madizini was our destination, where we stayed at a "local" guest house. This
is where things got "cold!" with temperatures dipping in to the high 60's at
night, (after all this is the dead of Winter here in East Africa) and with
no hot water, at all, well...
This is where my line
above, about it being soooo cold in Africa, comes from. We had a great
service in the Kidudwe church with over 60 in attendance and one man saved
at the end of the service. Simultaneously, the village church of Nyulendi
was having a "Friend Day" service in another area of Morogoro. They had over
100 in attendance with 10 adults saved and 6 kids accepting Christ as well!
Pretty cool.
Our prayer request this
week would be for the Bible Baptist Church of Kidudwe, as they begin
construction on their new church building where they have started a church
in the little town of Madizini. God Grant them wisdom and unity as they
build this together for His glory.
Thanks for all of your
thoughts and prayers for the ministry here in Tanzania. God Bless you and
give you a good week.
Vernon and Mary