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| Stapling study materials in a hotel room in Mombasa Kenya |
We are writing this from our “home base” in Nyabange/Musoma.
It is very dry and many of the local gardens will fail, due to the lack of
rain.
Our travel schedule the past several weeks has been lighter.
With the exception of a one-day seminar in Kenya over Easter weekend, we have
mostly been at home in Nyabange preparing more study materials. There are
around 18-20 studies we would like to prepare, and so far we have done about 6,
with a couple in process. Then they also need to be translated into Swahili.
We have not received invitations from all the Tanzania and
Kenya Mennonite churches, but we have been to a significant number and the
program provides training to 120 to 150 new church leaders. Some of the areas are
doing well in gathering groups and leading through the study materials. Others struggle
to gather their leaders even from their local area and have barely started. We are
also aware of spiritual powers of evil that work to keep this program from
becoming effective.
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| Studying "Discipleship in the Gospels" in Chepilat Kenya |
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| Discussion in the training seminar in Mbeya Tanzania |
As we look at the progress we have made and the challenges that
remain, we have begun to think about how we can best use our time here. There is
a need for more mentoring, along with writing or adapting study materials, and making
other literature available in Swahili. One of the needs we see is developing
spiritual depth, and what it means to follow Jesus in life.
