Most of the 2015 Mission Helpers have made it safely to U.S. soil! The Lord has again been faithful in keeping everyone safe and secure. Please keep Pastor Mike and Anna Gurath in your prayers while they are still traveling and will arrive in Phoenix later today.Thank you for your support and prayers while we had the privilege and blessings of . . . read more
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REMINDED in Kitwe, Zambia (12 JUL 2015)Since my last post we traveled from Livingstone to Lusaka and then on to Kitwe, Zambia near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. Missionary Matthew Ude and his wife Vanessa had been in Kitwe for a few days before we arrived. The reason he was there was because of a change in immigration laws in the . . . read more
Greetings from Team Kenya/Uganda,Somewhere in the molecules between the US and Kenya, there is a blog post with glowing details about what it was like to see the kids at Milimani again after 3 years. Unfortunately cyberspace ate it. Praying this one gets to you whole. This year there was something better than beautiful, photogenic Kenyan . . . read more
Since you last heard from my fellow mission helper, Lucas, we have safely made it to Kitwe, Zambia. However, just like before, we had some more car trouble and had to stop mid-trip to get a bearing replaced. But once that was fixed we had a swift ride here to Kitwe. Pastors from Congo and here in Zambia were meeting with Missionary Ude for a . . . read more
(It's been awhile since Team Kenya has posted on the blog, but after determining that failed e-mail has been the cause, we're ready to catch up!) If Etago is Jennifer's African home and Moi's Bridge is Kristen's, then Uganda is definitely mine. I've been the newbie the entire trip, not knowing what to expect, so . . . read more
Mambo from Tanzania!
The Mission Helper's Thursday was filled with ups and downs, literally– but, more on that later. . . The TanzaniA-team headed back out on the road early in the morning to visit the congregations and schools in the Makanya area. We were blessed with safe travels and arrived at the school run by our church in Makanya. We . . . read more
Conference in Moshi (July 6-7, 2015)
"But all things should be done decently and in order" (1 Corinthians 14:40).
This has been a very different trip from my ususal visitations. In the past few years I have been working primarily with the pastors of our districts putting on seminars and pastoral conferences. One of the only times I . . . read more
Greetings from the TanzaniA-Team!
Rest assured moms and others- We're all alive and doing very well! I've even seen Sam eating some vegetables! Yesterday was bananas busy for the team, so I apologize for not giving an update sooner!
After 2 days off, we went full force into Wednesday. We traveled many kilometers and visited 3 groups of . . . read more