Campaign Overview

It's been a busy month in Tanzania! We've been on the go from morning till night, almost every day this month. Here is an overview of our past three weeks:

JUNE 3-8, MOSHI CAMPAIGN
Our last blog covered some of this week. The day before the campaign started, a medical clinic was held in Moshi. Lindsey was excited to be able to help, and she started learning the ropes in dispensing medicine.

Most thought that this was the best campaign held in Moshi for a number of years. Many contacts were made. We tried to encourage our visiting campaigners of the need for thorough teaching, and George's teaching workbooks, which he spent much time preparing over the last few months, seemed to work great. Lindsey spent a day helping the Moshi ladies in the "kitchen" - a definite workout! We fed the group of campaigners at our house three times during their stay in Moshi.

JUNE 10-14, ARUSHA SEMINAR WEEK
On Tuesday, the 10th, we headed to Arusha, where we stayed until Friday. The missionaries decided to try something new for the Arusha campaign this year, and have all the visiting campaigners stay in the dorm rooms at ACSOP. This arrangement worked out so much better this year. The missionary wives took turns feeding everyone supper, which helped even out the workload. We even made clean-up assignments, so that the visiting campaigners could help with kitchen duties also. There are a few areas where we will work on making improvements for next year, but overall it worked great. One thing that none of us expected was the cold weather! We knew it would be cool, but there were a few nights where it was COLD, with temps in the 50's at night, and no heat, in concrete buildings. The missionaries drug out all the blankets they had to share with folks who needed them.

The men's classes were held Tuesday - Friday. George taught each day on the Home and Family. Wednesday was our turn to cook for the campaigners, and so Tuesday I went shopping with Stephanie Stafford, to buy our groceries. Wednesday Julia, Lindsey, Lydia, and Callie helped me in the kitchen most of the day, as we prepared to feed all the campaigners that evening. We prepared taco salad, guacamole, salsa, tortillas, fruit salad, and chocolate cake.

The ladies classes were held Wednesday - Saturday. The children's Bible classes were also held on these days, in the late afternoon, after the ladies were finished. Thursday I spoke on Restoring God's Plan for Church Discipline, and Julia spoke on Restoring Purity and Modesty. Lindsey participated by leading singing. Lydia spoke on Friday, on Restoring God's Plan for the Home. Friday afternoon our family headed back to Moshi to do laundry, etc., before heading back to Arusha the following week.

JUNE 17-21, ARUSHA CAMPAIGN
We headed back to Arusha Tuesday morning to help with the campaign. Each day was pretty much the same: get to the building about 9 a.m., leave the building between 9:30 - 10 a.m. with our respective teams. We would return back to the building around 1:00 p.m., and have lunch. Those who had afternoon classes would head back out, and then everyone would return to the building at 4:00 p.m., where we enjoyed a gospel meeting each afternoon, preached by Ralph Gilmore. Afterwards, the campaigners would head back to ACSOP, where we would enjoy supper together every evening at 7:00 p.m. After a full day, most people were ready to turn in by 9:00 p.m.

During the Arusha campaign, George was a driver, and our family was divided into three teams, along with others who joined our group. We had some great Bible studies during the week. The very first day, George, Julia, and I, along with David Msaki, a translator, worked together as a team. The very first people we spoke to resulted in a Bible class every day in the home of the lady we met. Her husband also attended the class, as well as a neighbor, and a couple of others. During the week, Jacob and Luke also taught Bible studies.

During this week, there was also another campaign effort in Mto wa Mbu, which is about an hour and 15 minutes from Arusha. Lindsey helped with that campaign effort a couple of days during the week.

We headed home after lunch on Friday. We are now in "recovery" mode. Several in our household have colds, and we are tired, but it is a good tired. So much has been accomplished over the past three weeks. Many people have been taught, many have been encouraged in their Christian life. We've made new friends with campaigners who have worked side by side with us. We are SO appreciative of them for taking the time, energy, and expense to come help us.

We still have much work to do. Now our focus will be on following up with the many contacts that have been made in Moshi, during our campaign. We pray that there will be much fruit from the labors of all who participated.

Thanks to each of you who help make this work possible. You have helped with Safari for Souls 2008, because through your support, the Jensens are here, working in Tanzania.

In Christian Love,
George and Joy, Julia, Jacob, Luke, and Lindsey Jensen

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