We hope and pray that all is well where you are and that this report find you safely in the fold of our Sheppard. It has been another week full of work, promises, blessings, and shidas (problems) as to be expected anywhere. On Monday I traveled back to Arusha to teach the second year students, and in the middle of class I received a call from John, who had received a call from Emmanuel in Machame. Emmanuel was one of the first converts and a Christian who was beginning to mature, and start teaching and preaching others. Last week he was [View Full Entry]

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This week we have been working hard to keep up our regular routine, with evangelism and teaching as well as trying to clean and paint the new house. It's turned into some long days when quitting time was when the power finally went out. The kids have been playing in the mud all around the new house, with the coming of the first rains of the season, and with the rain in comes the mud along with the paint... so it's almost as if we're making a bigger mess that what was there to begin with. We're going to have to [View Full Entry]

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We hope and pray that this note finds all of you well and safe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It has been a good week in the Kingdom here in East Africa, as things are back in full swing. My schedule for the next few weeks has hit an overload stage, as each day opens, something is already planned until the 27th of March. And I am sure that by the time that date arrives we will have already booked it for something. But we are thankful for the amount of work that lays ahead, as well as the [View Full Entry]

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I really don't even know where to begin this week. So much has happened that it's actually hard to believe that it all fit into just a week's time frame. We've actually worked in 7 different villages this week at one point or another. Moshi - (LIFE in GENERAL, since we live here) Evangelism, Bible Classes & Evening Worship Masame - Evangelism & visiting Boma Ngombe - Teaching at the Nursery School & Evangelism Kibosho - Evangelism Marangu - Evangelism & Scouting out new location for the church to meet Machame - Evangelism during the week and Worship Sunday morning Arusha [View Full Entry]

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There are a few people I would like to introduce you to. People that make being here in Tanzania one of the most rewarding times of my life. The Brethren in Moshi, whom we dearly love. We have found over the past year and a half that people all across the world, from various backgrounds, who intend on making a journey to Africa, for all different reasons, volunteer organizations, children's homes, Vacationing and going on one of our many Amazing Safari Trips here in the local area, even the families of our fellow Christian campaigners and visitors from the states, they [View Full Entry]

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Here are a few pictures from this week... I guess I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, we had our hands in so many various things this week, and I could write for hours, but this is our 12th Anniversary and I wanted to spend as little time on the computer as possible, to be able to spend more time with my sweet husband and kids. I know you all understand! We love you and miss you all! Hope you are having a wonderful week and God in blessing your lives in every way possible! Love Julie 1Thes 1:2 "We give [View Full Entry]

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A Trip to the Moshi Clothing Market I had been wanting to take pictures down at the Market here in Moshi for a long time, but I had never wanted to attempt the digging style shopping, bending over pile after pile, holding tight onto my bags, along with trying to keep up with the camera and not get it lost along the way. But this week I was able to do just that… I went along strictly as the photographer for Miss Emily & Maddie’s trip the clothing market here in Moshi. Maddie is the daughter of Sean & Anita Hochdorf, [View Full Entry]

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Hannah's Nursery School has been in the process of New growth all year. Last year we reached a total of 87 students as the year came to a close in December and the Children took their final exams to see who would advance on up into the Standard 1 level of the Tanzanian Education system. Timothy hired a professional teacher to take on this new Class, named Hilda Osoky. Hilda comes from the Chagga tribe, and grew up in the Moshi area, but attended school in Arusha to receive her teaching certificate there. She is young and a recent graduate of [View Full Entry]

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Brent sends out a weekly report through email, and I always feel as though we are repeating each other covering everything that has happened over the course of the week... But I always love sending the pictures your way and telling the stories behind the pictures, sharing with you the excitement of the week as well. And this has been a truly great week indeed! I've tried keeping a journal through the years, to record events as they happen in our lives so that one day the children might be able to look back and read over the amazing things [View Full Entry]

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I can't even begin to tell you how good it is to be home again! I haven't slept this good in a few months... Something in the air I suppose... Or just the excitement of being back to work and back into our normal routine. Being Home! ~HOME SWEET HOME!!! The kids are great... As soon as we got here they ran straight for the yard to begin playing out in the dirt with the puppies again...It's quite different here in the heat of Moshi than it was leaving the cool Texas winter and seeing the snow covered ground in St. [View Full Entry]

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