August Update

Dear praying friends,

We thank the Lord for a good evangelistic conference in the village of Shankala. The gospel was preached and several made decisions to follow Christ. We met with them later, along with the local church leader, to encourage them to continue in the faith. 

The Disciples of Jesus school continues with the 3rd term. Aroni, who taught for the first time, did well. Now Japhet is teaching on stewardship and work ethic. Today, we just had an afternoon of door to door evangelism and next Sunday we will visit a village church and give the students an opportunity to serve and use what they are learning. Keep praying for the 7 students as many are getting weary and face lots of challenges.

We were able to take a week long family trip to Katavi national park, 7 hours from here, and see the African wildlife. From there we went to a lodge by the lake where we camped for 4 nights. On the Saturday of that week, Luke taught an all day seminar on God’s plan for the church at the nearby village of Kirando. A good number of other believers attended from nearby villages. On Sunday we packed up the car and fellowshipped with the saints at Kirando, then we started our 2 day journey back to Kigoma.

Last weekend there was another conference at the village of Bukuba and Luke taught a seminar Friday and Saturday mornings (and gospel films were shown at night) and our whole family worshipped with the believers on Sunday. There was open air preaching in the afternoon of each day. Pray for eternal fruit from these efforts.

We just said good bye to Esther and Emily as they return to boarding school in Kenya for a new year of studies. Esther is a senior and Emily a freshman. We are sad to see them go but fortunate to have a good Christian school nearby that they can attend. Aaron and Michael will start homeschool on Monday with a volunteer lady named Paula. And William will start kindergarten. Please keep praying for our children to follow Christ with all their hearts.

We are currently working on the paperwork for renewing our Work Permit and then Residence Permit. Pray that these will be granted, if it is God’s will, so that we can serve for at least 2 more years here in Tanzania.

Blessings,

Luke and Gina Johnson