Hello all! I am here at the Wittenberg Seminary in Arusha as the students are discussing Jasper's practice sermon in class. Each Thursday a student preaches his sermon to the class, receives input and advice, and then he can preach at the Sunday worship service here. Jasper's sermon is on the subject of forgiveness which we ought to have for each other because of the forgiveness that God has shown to us in Christ.
Paula writes a monthly journal to send to our children. It has a lot of interesting details about our lives together here. You can see her journal for September HERE.
It's been an eventful few days for us! On Tuesday Pastor Jeremia, his wife, Judica, Paula and I spent the day visiting the Maasai congregation at Esilalei: It's about 2 hours distant, to the west of Arusha. We were accompanied by Pastor Solomon who serves this group in addition to his home congregation of Monduli. It's an amazing experience to see these people living in dry poverty and yet so joyful about the Lord Jesus! They provided us with an enthusiastic welcome including songs with dancing, speeches, and hand-crafted gifts. Here are a few pictures (click to enlarge):
You can see a larger collection of photos, and a few short videos, HERE.
Just last night we had a special event, with all the seminary students and teachers over to our place for dinner and "broomball." It's like soccer except with brooms. We played it on our driveway, until the brooms began to break and we switched to feet-only. There were three teams - the Evangelism students, the Seminary students, and the faculty. Everyone had a wonderful time, with the Seminary team winning the trophy. Paula made chicken and dumplings for everybody--14 in all--followed by pineapple upside-down cake. Since we work those students pretty hard in their studies, it was good to kick back a bit, so to speak.
More photos can be seen HERE.
Our weekly Sunday school continues with 10-14 students each Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. I'm getting good use from a "traveler" guitar that I purchased with assistance from members of Messiah, Eau Claire...see a video sample HERE.
Despite occasional challenges, we are finding the work here to be fruitful and rewarding! Thanks again for your prayerful support.
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