1 of 3 - Ministry Boat Trip - Sigunga

On May 8, 2017, Luke went on a ministry boat trip. He went on his father's boat, Wings of the Morning, along with Harry and Ruth Johnson (his parents) and Emineli Jonathan and Polo Nasibu. The purpose of the trip was to visit 3 village churches to the south of Kigoma. Two of these villages are not accessible by land, but only by lake.

So, I went with the kids at 7 am to the Kikodeco port to bid them farewell.

Getting everything ready to untie the ropes.

They finally pulled up anchor at 8 am and were off. As they went past the Ujiji bay at 10 am the swells were quite high and rocking the boat. The kids and I prayed for a safe trip and for calm waters during the week that they were traveling. But we also prayed for rain for ourselves, we desperately wanted one good rain before the dry season set in for good!
Finally at around 6 pm, I got word that they had arrived at Kirando, a safe harbor for spending the night. Here they picked up one more crew member, Amosi Amani.

Polo working on the boat.

Dropping anchor at Kirando.

The next morning they were off again and only had to sail some 2 hours to get to their destination, the village of Sigunga.

Pulling into Sigunga.

Here they had the opportunity to see the church property, which the believers had to level before building the foundation to their church building.

Rocks that were carried and placed by hand.

The believers at Sigunga standing on their new foundation.

Ruth Johnson taught Bible lessons to the children.

Ruth with children at Sigunga.

The village of Sigunga sits on a steep hill and all of the trails in the village are almost vertical. It is also hard to terrace the land for building due to the many rocks.

Women coming down to the lake to get water.

The boat is safely anchored in the bay, but nobody ventured to cool off in the waters nearby. The local people say there is a crocodile that likes to live among those reeds.

Wings of the Morning

As the sun set, they got the film equipment ready and showed Christian films (The Hope and Le Combat) to some 200 people in the open air until 10 pm. Luke gave an invitation to anyone wanting to accept Christ after the films.

Harry and Emineli showing films at Sigunga.