Dear friends and family,
We finally moved into our own place on May 28 and are getting settled in little by little. There is always more to do to make the place more like home. We had a local carpenter make us a dining room table with chairs and just recently picked those up. Before that we were eating our meals at a small desk. Our living room consists of 2 wooden benches and a wooden chair (no sofas yet). Gina cooks on an electric hot plate and uses the washer at my parent's house to do laundry. But I won't bore you with our lists of "To do's" and "To get".
We visited one of the local churches down south on the coast of the lake called Mwakizega. We travelled with one of the Tanzanian elders from the church here in Kigoma town and it was a blessing to have him along. I had the privilege of preaching on Rom. 3:19-28.
The church was made up of more women than men and there is only one elder there. They have been having work days to gather piles of stones to sell for building and we have helped them buy some tools for that. We also left them some discounted Bibles which they will pay for later.
Lord willing we will make a trip to Mwanza (northern Tanzania) in a week. We hope to buy some of the things that are on our "To get" list. On the way there we will stop for 2 days at Keza Swedish Mission (where we were for 8 months) and visit the believers at Kaziramihunda (Sunday morning) and Kasanda (Sunday afternoon).
Esther is our chatter-box, and always full of questions. With her books and toys finally unpacked she is enjoying all the "new" stuff she has. She dances, jumps and runs around while singing during our evening family devotions and continually asks to pray before meals. She is very excited about being a big sister and a helper for mommy. I (Gina) am getting bigger and more uncomfortable by the day. Had a first ultrasound this last week and everything looked great.
Please pray for:
-Safe trip to Mwanza and back
-Good visit with the believers at Kazira and Kasanda
-Luke's preparation for teaching at the Bible College in August
In His Grace,
Luke, Gina and Esther Johnson