A Picture from Training

Just a nice group photo taken during a training weekend several weekends ago. The extra person is Sam Shumaker, the MRN person over African teams. No real updates, just more of the same. Continuing to fundraise, train, study Swahili, pray, and plan.

Swahili

I would just like to announce that I can count to 10 in Swahili!  Thanks to Rosetta Stone I can say several other things as well, but there is something about the numbers that is just really exciting.  Sometimes it's the little things that amaze...  We are really enjoying the program and it will be nice to be familiar with the language when we arrive in Tanzania.  We will spend our first 3 months in language school to expand our langauge skills beyond what we can get from Rosetta Stone.  And, in case anyone is curious, drumroll please... moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi!!!

An Answer to Prayer

Gallatin has taken out a loan for us so that we can go ahead and buy the truck! Some of the loan we will be fundraising to pay back, and some of it will be paid back by Gallatin as their one-time contribution to us. We are thrilled to be able to move ahead on this truck, thereby saving $20,000 in the long run. We are continuing to fundraise and pray for God to provide. 

In a way it seems like a bad time to be asking people for money given the "state of the economy", but we know that God can and will provide. While many in the U.S. have lost money in recent weeks, we still have more than most people around the world have ever seen. We pray that Christians will be willing to help us get to the people of Geita with the good news of Jesus Christ, even if it means a little sacrifice.