Month 10. Can you believe it?! This month finds
team Crash of Love in Morogoro, Tanzania. We are already two-thirds through the
month, meaning in just over one week we will be in India for our last month! I
have a feeling these next several weeks are going to be a whirlwind. Anyhow,
back to Tanzania. A lot has already happened, so I’ll bullet point the big
things.
1. Just moments after crossing the Tanzania
border we saw giraffe off the side of the road.. if anything says “you’re
in Africa” it’s seeing animals like zebra, baboons, and giraffe on the
side of the road.
2. We have had a lot of opportunities to speak at
church, we’ve shared at youth group, children’s time, women’s group, and the
college students. I don’t think I’ll ever forget worship times in Africa. If
you thought you couldn’t shimmy on stage, they’ve done it here! There is so
much dancing and music, they love to worship!
3. Our team spent time in a village, visiting an
orphanage and school and doing an open- air meeting.
4. The best part of the month for me so far has
been our interactions with the Muslims in the area. Back in Month 2, our squad
was asked to pray into considering a change in our route to go from South
African countries to East Africa instead. It was prophesied that in East Africa
we would be on the frontlines; a place where there is a mix of Islam and
Christianity. Someone told Shaun, just last month that they saw him handing out
Bibles to Muslims and going in to closed countries in the future. (Little did
the person who said this know he was reading God Smuggler at the time, a book
about the life of a man who snuck Bibles into closed countries.) Funny how God
works. 
This month, team WOW was out evangelizing with
some Muslim University students and got into a discussion about their faith.
They were able to organize a time to have a formal debate regarding the
validity of the Bible and the faith of Jesus. Four teams from our squad came
together and debated for 6 hours on these topics. It was really interesting to
hear the points made and ways they were defended. (If you want to read more
about the debate you can check out Erica Kaufman, Shaun Fredrickson, Shannon
Ahola’s blogs.) The debate ended with Shaun challenging the audience, which at
this point consisted of about 100 Muslims and 20 of us Racers, to read the
Bible for themselves.
It is shocking how few people in the churches
have Bibles. After all, they only cost the equivalent of $6 per Bible. This
really inspired Shaun to take the initiative to get Bibles into as many willing
hands as possible. He went into town and bought 5 Bibles yesterday and we took
it to some Muslims we met walking in the neighborhood yesterday. They were so
excited to get their own Bible. The team encouraged them to read John and
tomorrow we are going back to talk with them more. They have so many questions
and are really eager to learn! One man even commented to Shaun, “you’re
going to turn me into a Christian.” Sometimes God just blows you away!
If you are interested in supporting more people
in Tanzania with Bibles, you can email me [email protected].
