....an Islander 4HIM- PIIM: salamu

Salamu kutoka Africa:

Hakuna Mungu Kama wewe! This is a phrase in Swahili language which describes our sincere gratitude to our God for his goodness. The phrase means that “There is no one like you God!”You are so good to us in every aspects of life. We are just amazed with all that YOU have done with us and in our lives.

Living in the middle of nowhere is like lost in the goodness of God!!!!!!

100_0920 So far it has been three weeks now since arrived here in Tanzania and this place is just a very peaceful for us as we learn the language. As of now I could say that learning the language is our main focus right now because it will be only for three months. We are trying our very best to engage in conversation with the people around here and especially with the people in the churches that we are going to. It’s a big challenge to us to learn this language in this length of time so we are depending on the grace that God has given us and within that we can able to speak this language.

Along with this we are now starting to going out to some Churches around this place and as so far we have a lot of requests from Pastors from Churches to come visit them. This would be consider as our ministry within this three months because we are now practicing what we learn in the language class as we go into these churches.

Billy and Graham posting at the Agape Church after the service.

Spiritual Nourishment:

We eat a lot of healthy food out here!!!!!!! We are now going into the book of Galatians for our spiritual meal as a group. As we are looking into this letter to the Galatians we are truly see how the life of those people that lived around that time and how that apply to us today especially in a cross-cultural context. This letter to the Galatians reminds us that we are free from under the law and that we are to live in freedom based on what Jesus has done for us on that cross of Calvary. “I am free!!!!!!!!!”

Everyday life!!! We have classes on Monday through Friday every week and that is from morning to noon and we also have one hour session in the afternoons. Another part of our daily routine is that we are taking turn for meals cooking and so each one has his/her assigned day to prepare meal for all of us. This is a huge experience for me as I began to learn to make some African food. We all learn how to cook different kinds of food it is just a fun thing for me.

Ministry:

Other than just being having personal interaction with the people in these churches that we have been to, we also have some opportunities to involve in their ministries. We have been invited to participate in their ministries and that we are looking forward to these events. It is indeed my privilege to share all these with you so that you will keep us in prayer for that. Here are some of the things that you can join us in praying for:

1. Pray for our team as we get involve in these churches and that we will be sensitive to the will of God for these ministries. (We are preparing a drama for the youths at the churches and the schools that we are going to visit them).

2. Pray for us as we continue to learn the language, so that we may be able to communicate to these people clearly.

3. Continue to pray for us as we are preparing for Garrisa that would be a lot different from where we live now, because there more Muslims and that is where are going to work.

4. Continue to pray for our needs as we are here, it is that I may continue to trust in God in his provision through many different ways. (Financially).