It feels like we are getting back to what we really want to do. The meeting on August 10 appointed a new committee to oversee the changes recommended for the Bible college, and I am not on that committee. That means that someone else is now in charge of the Bible college and we are free to focus on the training programs in the church districts. So it feels like a weight has been lifted and we have started making a schedule and working on study modules that we will introduce in the training of trainers seminars. We are grateful for your prayers for us and for the training programs here in Tanzania and Kenya. There are a number of other meetings with church leaders coming up in the next couple months, so that has affected our schedule. Too many meetings gets too heavy for them, so we are in conversation with some about the best time for a training in their area.
One of the outcomes of the meeting on August 10 is that the Bible college clearly lacks financial support and effective leadership. We are hoping and praying the local churches will rise to the challenge of making contributions towards operation of the college. The annual grant from Eastern Mennonite Missions has been received and used for operations and for paying off debts, and there is very little for the semester that should begin in September.
August is deep into the dry season and there is almost no green grass in sight, unless we go down to the lakeshore. But we look forward to rains coming back within the next 3-4 weeks. It will be welcomed by everyone. We wish we could have gotten some of the extra rain that we heard the east coast of the USA was getting this summer.
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