February Update

Dear praying friends and family,

Thank you for praying for the boat trip last week. There was no visible response to the evangelistic films in this predominantly Muslim village but the gospel seed was sown and we are confident the Holy Spirit will use it. The ministry to the children and the women went well. Luke and the rest of the crew came back a day early from their sail and just in time for a big storm to hit, so we were thankful to have him home and not swaying with the waves. However, us girls did feel a little "sway" when a small tremor of an earthquake hit us. You never know what might happen, whether on land or on water!

Many activities are lining-up for these next weeks. William and Eunice Rea (missionaries from Moshi; William is the director of Berea Bible College where Luke has taught in the past) will be coming to Kigoma for 2 weeks and plan to visit most of the churches in the region with Luke and his father. Luke will be taking them to 5 of the churches. Pray that it would be an encouraging time and that some of the believers would consider attending the Bible College for training.

Also, the youth in a neighboring village church want to celebrate Easter and have invited us to their special meetings. Then we will get together with the other missionaries in Tanzania (Echoes of Service in the UK) and have our annual meeting in Kigoma. Luke is committing to teaching weekly at the local assembly for their Wednesday Bible study on Ezra/Nehemiah and needs to prepare for that.

We appreciate your prayers for the ministry and for our family.

With love in Christ,
Luke, Gina, Esther and Emily Johnson