The Timothy House

It has been the prayer of our missionary partner, Steve, for many years to have a home to minister to local Barabaig young men. It is very common to travel far from your home and family to attend secondary school. This leads to much mischief and pregnancy. After many months of struggling with legalities, the Lord opened the door to buy land directly across from the TRUTH Center. This land will be the future home of the Timothy House. We will use this home as a dormitory for young Barabaig men as they attend school. Our vision goes much further than just to put a roof over their head, but to provide a solid Christian atmosphere and teaching from God's Word. We pray that the Lord will touch many lives and the HE will develop strong Christian leaders.
In this picture, Truth Baptist Church, is praying over the land of the future Timothy House, asking the Lord's blessing for many years to come!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

God has blessed us with a beautiful place to minister. We a have an picture of God's handiwork right in our backyard, Mt. Hanang. Mt. Hanang is a very important part of the Barabaig culture. It is where they bury and worship their dead ancestors. It is our prayer that God will soften their hearts to hear about the only TRUE God to be worshiped!
(You can see three farms in a row in the middle of the picture. Our home is directly to the right of them)

Teaching Others to Minister

We encouraged the people of our church to minister to the people at the hospital while the medical mission team was here. It is not only the job of the missionary and mission teams to minister the the sick, but it is means so much more when their own people help them, expecting nothing in return. While the team hung up mosquito nets, the church members prayed with each patient, gave them fruit and most importantly, the Gospel. Two ladies trusted Christ as their Savior that day!

Kweli Learning Center is growing!

The TRUTH Learning Center now has up to 2nd grade and 66 students. We praise the Lord for providing all the money to build three new classrooms. We will now have enough classrooms for up to grade 4. Here are a few pictures of the new building and a few of the students.

A dream come true!

The longer we live in a third world country, the more we become grateful for the things God has given us and for the great country we live in! One day, as Mama Sadikieli was helping me with some housework. She noticed some old magazines sitting by the couch. She was very curious about all the things that she saw for the very first time. Each time she came to the house she always asked to look at some pictures. When the time came to replace the magazines with some newer editions, I thought of Mama Sadikieli. I asked her if she wanted to take them home with her. Her eyes lit up immediately as she said, "It was always a dream of mine to be able to hang up magazine pages on my wall. But I could never afford it. Now I can!" Here in Katesh, most houses our made of mud bricks with no plaster or dry wall to cover them. So, to make it a little more "homey" the people cover the bad spots with old newspapers and magazines. Now she can make her little one room house and "home." The things we take for granted..........

Our First Medical Missions Team

We brought in the New Year by hosting a group of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. This was a new experience for our team, so we did not know what to expect. The medical team was unable administer medicine themselves, but were able to minister to Katesh and Basotu physically and spiritually! They spent the first few days hanging over 100 mosquito nets in the local government hospital. This in itself has the potential of saving hundreds' of lives. They also hosted 2 medical seminars for the public and were able to advise over 200 people on basic health and prevention of common sickness. They were also able to hand out over 150 eyeglasses. They also hosted a medical seminar for all the health professionals in the area with a free dinner to all who attended. During there stay, 6 people trusted Christ as their Savior!

Christmas 2009

Our first Christmas in Tanzania in 2008 was a bit out of the ordinary because we had just arrived to the country. We had already opened our presents with our family before we left the states and were living out of our suitcases. We were blessed to be with Tricia's brother as his family, but it was still not the same. This year, we were able to put up a Christmas tree and a few decorations. We had the Burkholder's and the Wolf's over to the house on Christmas night to eat appetizers, have a gift exchange and sing some Christmas carols. God blessed us with a great time with family and friends in our new home as we celebrated the birth of His Son, Jesus Christ. We praise Him for a great first year in Tanzania!