Nairobi
Enjoying staying with Brian and Patty Arensen + kids (AIM) for a couple of nights. Went to a new huge AIC church at Milamani this morning... ex-president Moi had a hand in funding it and wanted something big. Lots of government people come here; prayer was led by the politician who chaired the peace talks for Sudan.
Brian's interesting to talk with as he's involved in researching unreached people groups; there are 50 such groups in Tanzania alone, ranging from around 10,000 people to 40,000... still some work to do before the Lord returns! He's also involved in getting African missionaries working in other parts of Africa.
Nairobi's much the same, with more shopping malls, more people, more cars. Had a Mexican meal last night... too many beans :-( Also met my architect friend and we chatted in his office for a while. Plenty opportunity for developers here; loads of people needing better homes and better jobs.
Tonight it's the midnight bus for Dar-es-Salaam to visit Reuben; am looking forward to that. Bus has seat belts and they provide snacks en route... a lot of companies here really go for providing service for the emerging middle class.
Musoma
The trip to Musoma was l-o-n-g. Samuel talked me into an earlier bus that stopped every time it saw one and I arrived in Musoma 2 hours after the nice, luxury, express bus that I wanted to get. He'd got hold of the church's second car, which was nice (bishop has a car, his old one is used by everyone else) and took me to a hotel with a lake view. We then visited the head of the water department who is an AIC Christian. Was interesting to get his take on water and community development. After that it was off to the local secondary school. They have around 1000 students, 300 of them (nearly all boys) boarding. Half this number are members of the Christian Union. An impromptu meeting was called and I found myself greeting a classroom full of students. The kwaya did a couple of songs, we prayed and they were away again in half an hour. They have a web-site, findable from www.aictmud.org ... you can even listen to the music!
Next day sat beside the lake with Samuel and Barnabas the pastor/driver/head of cinema ministry. In Mwugumu, where we were once greeted as the first missionaries (OK there were dozens of denominations even then, but we were the first official AICT reps to visit the lonely pastor who'd been sent out to this remote area), there are now around 70 congregations.
Enjoying staying with Brian and Patty Arensen + kids (AIM) for a couple of nights. Went to a new huge AIC church at Milamani this morning... ex-president Moi had a hand in funding it and wanted something big. Lots of government people come here; prayer was led by the politician who chaired the peace talks for Sudan.
Brian's interesting to talk with as he's involved in researching unreached people groups; there are 50 such groups in Tanzania alone, ranging from around 10,000 people to 40,000... still some work to do before the Lord returns! He's also involved in getting African missionaries working in other parts of Africa.
Nairobi's much the same, with more shopping malls, more people, more cars. Had a Mexican meal last night... too many beans :-( Also met my architect friend and we chatted in his office for a while. Plenty opportunity for developers here; loads of people needing better homes and better jobs.
Tonight it's the midnight bus for Dar-es-Salaam to visit Reuben; am looking forward to that. Bus has seat belts and they provide snacks en route... a lot of companies here really go for providing service for the emerging middle class.
Musoma
The trip to Musoma was l-o-n-g. Samuel talked me into an earlier bus that stopped every time it saw one and I arrived in Musoma 2 hours after the nice, luxury, express bus that I wanted to get. He'd got hold of the church's second car, which was nice (bishop has a car, his old one is used by everyone else) and took me to a hotel with a lake view. We then visited the head of the water department who is an AIC Christian. Was interesting to get his take on water and community development. After that it was off to the local secondary school. They have around 1000 students, 300 of them (nearly all boys) boarding. Half this number are members of the Christian Union. An impromptu meeting was called and I found myself greeting a classroom full of students. The kwaya did a couple of songs, we prayed and they were away again in half an hour. They have a web-site, findable from www.aictmud.org ... you can even listen to the music!
Next day sat beside the lake with Samuel and Barnabas the pastor/driver/head of cinema ministry. In Mwugumu, where we were once greeted as the first missionaries (OK there were dozens of denominations even then, but we were the first official AICT reps to visit the lonely pastor who'd been sent out to this remote area), there are now around 70 congregations.
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