We have finished our time of ministry
in Tanzania. As always, it’s sad to go but exciting to know what God
has for us in the next place. I really enjoyed Nyamwilolelwa. The
village church we worked with was great, and we really developed
relationships with the people there even though most of them can’t
speak English. The people living in the village are very poor. Most
of them can’t even afford a Bible, but they were a huge blessing to
us. They did a love offering for us Sunday, which was a humbling
experience. Here were these people who have so little, and they
wanted to bless us.
The church building
In return we provided many Bibles for
the village and church. We presented each person who had been helping
us during the month with a Bible in Kiswahili. We also handed out
Bibles to many new Christians in the village. It was so encouraging
to see the new believers reading God’s word and asking questions.
This is Bulobi who accepted Christ and
started reading his Bible as soon as we gave it to him.
We did come across another challenge.
Many of the people can’t read and write, and some only know their
tribal language, which is Kisukuma. The good news is one of our
translators has been teaching people to read and write at the church.
We encouraged him to keep doing that and use it as a way to witness
to others in the village. While teaching them to read and write, he
can also teach them about Jesus.
Standing with Pastor Faustine (to my
left) along with some villagers we encouraged and told more about
Jesus.
The pastor and church members have
started a great work in the village, and we encouraged them to
continue following up with people and showing Jesus’ love to
everyone. It’s been a good month of ministry. This has definitely
been one of my favorites so far.
Some ladies from the church who went
with us to visit homes.
