Greetings FROM Tanzania ! ! ! ! !
Rebecca & I have finally made it to Africa - at least for our 3 week first-trip. We are mid-way through the "adventure" and God has been good to us in so many ways. The people here at Pamoja Ministries are dear to our hearts, and we are to grateful that God has brought us together, whether it will turn out to be long-term or just for now. He has yet to reveal it to "us", collectively, yet. In the meantime, we are doing all that we can to observe ministry in action all around us, do as much as we can in this setting, and especially not get underfoot if at all possible! Far too many Christians go on short-term missions trips with the best of intentions to change the world, but in fact doing a lot of damage to the existing ministries they had originally gone to support. May that Not be the case with us!
Rebecca works at helping out in the offices, helps teach English to the Tanzanian workers on base, is part of the children's video team, learns all that she can of Swahili and makes good friends with the people here at Pamoja. She also prepares meals for us in our on-base apt. for the two of us. She's wonderful! I am primarily down here in the Resource Center, focusing on entering book, magazine, articles, and videos/CD's onto a database we devised, originally using Excel, and which they can later augment to a more user-friendly program at some future date. But although I am only scratching the surface of all the materials they have in house here, at least it's a start! I can see how they could use a person like me who enjoy monotonous (but not boring to me), behind-the-scenes work which helps distribute literature and learning materials (Christian-based and "secular") to the local community and beyond.
Ultimately, Pamoja's task is to reach Tanzania and the world with Christian literature and other resources (like films); to present the Truth of God to those who don't yet know Him. The pressure to observe and absorb all that is going on around us seems great, especially since we have such a short time to take in so much, but we trust the Lord to protect us and enhance our understanding as we follow His leading for our lives - both in the short-term and the long-haul.
We ask for His grace and mercy, wisdom and guidance. May Jesus' Name be praised in ALL of this!
DL
Rebecca works at helping out in the offices, helps teach English to the Tanzanian workers on base, is part of the children's video team, learns all that she can of Swahili and makes good friends with the people here at Pamoja. She also prepares meals for us in our on-base apt. for the two of us. She's wonderful! I am primarily down here in the Resource Center, focusing on entering book, magazine, articles, and videos/CD's onto a database we devised, originally using Excel, and which they can later augment to a more user-friendly program at some future date. But although I am only scratching the surface of all the materials they have in house here, at least it's a start! I can see how they could use a person like me who enjoy monotonous (but not boring to me), behind-the-scenes work which helps distribute literature and learning materials (Christian-based and "secular") to the local community and beyond.
Ultimately, Pamoja's task is to reach Tanzania and the world with Christian literature and other resources (like films); to present the Truth of God to those who don't yet know Him. The pressure to observe and absorb all that is going on around us seems great, especially since we have such a short time to take in so much, but we trust the Lord to protect us and enhance our understanding as we follow His leading for our lives - both in the short-term and the long-haul.
We ask for His grace and mercy, wisdom and guidance. May Jesus' Name be praised in ALL of this!
DL
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