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Dear Praying Friends and Family, sorry this month's letter is a little late in coming, but as you can imagine we've been quite busy lately.
Church Life
The small assembly that we attend is located in a nearby village called Kaziramihunda (Sorry, I know that's a hard one to pronounce so don't worry if you have trouble with it). It is about an hour's walk from our house at Keza. Since we've been there they have started breaking bread every week and we are encouraged by that. There is only one elder but even he has not really been officially recognized as such. His name is Anton. There are many doctrinal errors present among them, which is mainly the result of a lack of good biblical teaching. What concerns us most is the fact that there are even misconceptions regarding salvation. We have made plans with the elder to teach the "Firm Foundations" course starting in November. The course is a chronological history of salvation which will hopefully help clear up some basic misunderstandings about salvation.
Resources
After 3 1/2 weeks of being back at Keza we made a trip to Mwanza. We took my little brother Steven with us so that he could meet up with another family that was traveling back to his boarding school in Kenya. While there we had some work done on the car that could not be done in Kigoma. We also took the opportunity to shop for a few things we can't get where we are; including a small solar system to power our computer during the day when there is no electricity. Then we drove to Dodoma, the capital city (11 hours away), and visited Inge and Monica (2 German CMML missionaries who publish books for the churches here). We attended church with them on Sunday and then Monday was spent browsing and choosing Christian literature for the churches here. We got Bibles, hymnbooks, commentaries, tracts and much other useful Christian literature in Swahili. We are thankful for these resources and pray that they will be used for God's glory and the strengthening of the churches of Tanzania.
Pray for:
- Spiritual growth for the church at Kaziramihunda
- Preparation for teaching "Firm Foundations" course
- Relationship building with the people here
- Wisdom in the use/distribution of the literature
Thank you for your prayers for the work here. I am reminded that God loves to use the prayers of His people to accomplish His work.
Sincerely,
Luke, Gina and Esther Johnson