Grace and Peace to you friends.
This week I have good news and bad news to share with you. Let's start with the bad news. We've been praying for rain to help the farm, but we got more than we bargained for! A cyclone on the southern coast pushed enormous amounts of rain to Arusha. The school had some flooding and more than 500 of our chickens drowned. While this is a significant setback for the farm, the team is already hard at work making the best of the situation and figuring out how to recover.
Speaking of recovering, that brings us to the good news. Our brother, Yusuph Mdaki brings cause for celebration from the Imalamagigo church. This congregation had previously fallen away. He writes:
"Remember, this congregation was the first congregation to be planted at Ushirombo and had more than 120 believers. Many of them backslid because of the two things, first there was no preachers and second, no place for gathering"
Now an ACSOP graduate is ready to work with them, and a Christian has volunteered his home to host the congregation. They went to the homes of 50 families with the result that 40 families (consisting of 77 people) have been restored! Let us praise God for this wonderful news, and pray for the future of this congregation.
Till all have heard,
Daniel Gaines
Director
Tanzania Missions