Our family has been in the States since August 27, traveling from place to place, visiting numerous congregations and reporting about our work in Tanzania. Today we arrived in the community where we lived for six years, previous to our move to Tanzania - rural Iowa. It has been a very strange experience for us. ...
Year: 2008
Currently Reading
I am currently reading a book entitled "Do Hard Things." This is a book written by twin brothers, who were 18 years old at the time they wrote the book. They challenge young people to rethink the teen years. The majority of teens are satisfied with mediocre production, because that's all that's been required of ...
Lessons From Miriam
This past week the ladies of our congregation resumed their Wednesday visitation program. Though we were few in number, we enjoyed a brief time of singing and studying God’s Word, and hopefully encouraging a weak sister. Julia Mwakabanje gave a good lesson on the character of Miriam. She pointed out both the strengths and weaknesses ...
Some Things Just Hit You…
My 15 y.o. daughter, Lindsey, wrote this note shortly after our campaign work in June. I thought it would be an interesting piece to read: This year when the campaign was going on in Arusha there was also one going on in Mto wa Mbu (Mosquito River). I helped with that campaign ...