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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

New Year 2008

TRUTH Baptist Church: The church continues to grow since moving to the TRUTH Center location. We have seen many new vistors and decisions for Christ recently. We open the TRUTH Center each weekend for games like volleyball, net-ball, soccer, and playground. We also have an indoor game room where the youth can enjoy board games, carpet ball, and other games. We use this game time for opportunities to witness to people who would not normally come. We have seen several start to attend our services and a few have trusted Christ as Savior as a result of this outreach time.



Youth Camp: In December we were able to take a group of youth to participate in youth camp with other independent Baptist churches. The campers enjoyed the games and fellowship with other youth, but most importantly made many spiritual decisions during the services. Many campers were able to memorize the entire Sermon on the Mount during camp.



New Missionary: The Truth Baptist Church was able to begin to support its second missionary in December. Daniel Lekunga, from the Maasai tribe, is living with and reaching his own people in the bush of Tanzania. It was an encouragement to our church people to see a fellow Tanzanian with a burden to reach his own people. Please pray for Daniel and his family as they minister and also for our church to have a vision for local missions.


Holiday Services: We had a busy December with special services on Christmas and New Years Eve. On Christmas we were able to have a baby dedication and fellowship with a church-wide meal afterwards. On New Years Eve we had a midnight service with 120 in attendance. 54 people stayed for an "overnighter" until the morning. We had a great time fellowshipping and playing games. It was a great way to end 2007 and start 2008.



Missionary Perk: One of the many "perks" of being a missionary in this part of Tanzania is being able to enjoy hunting. Because of being so busy this year I was only able to go hunting once. Nate Wolf and I, along with another missionary friend, enjoyed a day of hunting where we shot 4 gazelle and 1 wildebeast.

4 comments:

Shannon said...
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Shannon said...

We are really excited for the work you are doing. It is really cool that you have a Tanzanian missionary working in his own country. May God continue to bless your family and your ministry.

Shannon Bradley

dave hufstetler said...

looking at these pictures makes me miss being there, especially the pictures of the kids (not steve and nate) i see they are now big game hunters(isn't that a rope around that preys leg) be faithful and we will keep the prayers comin. dave hufstetler

mldsoccer3 said...

wow, i had a lot to catch up on i guess! i did a double take of natalie's "costume" lol :) so great to read about all that's going on there. looks like it's going awesome! i'm so glad! happy belated bday hannah! the kids are adorable, getting so big and growing up! God is blessing you guys so much there! wish we were there to be a part of it!