Friday, July 16, 2010

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Friday, July 16, 2010:

Our last day in Africa--heartbreaking! It has flown by so incredibly fast! But it was a wonderful trip! And I am exhausted. We went back to Mafia Alley Market, and the regular market, where we got some fabric, and I FINALLY got a (whole) black currant soda pop! Delicious! We packed up *sniff, sniff*and ate hamburgers and chips (french fries) at the Staffords, before heading to Kilimanjaro Airport.

I know statistics don't really matter---it's how many lives we've touched and seeds we've planted. Remember Doreen? It was two years after they taught her that she became a Christian. So you never know.
However. People like numbers and like to see the outcome of our work! So, here's estimates. We kept good count on the blackboard for 4 days, and then....things started sliding. So here's a rough estimate!'
• 17 baptisms
Daudi Erenest
Rose Ezekiel
Dora Godwin
Friny Julius
Wilfred Mndeme
Lusy Godson
Mary Edward
Sarah Emanuel
Rose Clement
Elizabeth Elifaraji
Hasan Muhamedi
Abdala Eliya
Leah ?
David ?
Barak ?
Lucy ?
Doreen ? (The last 5 I don't know their last names)
• 1500 tracts handed out (it's estimated that for every 1 tract, 10
people will read it. If that's the case, we just put tracts in the hands of 15,000 people!!)
• 200 Bible studies
• 500 people
• 551 Bible correspondence courses handed out

Also:
• 145 dental patients treated at Monduli!
• A new Church planted at Nsupu!
• Equipment (tv, dvd player, Bible class material) for an adult Bible school
(open to the public) to be started at the Usa River Church of Christ!
• Money for land for the Church at Maji Ya Chai (they are soon to be
evicted from the room they are renting)

So, even though our trip was short, we hopefully did good work!

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