July Update
"We must work the works of Him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” John 9:4
Dear praying friends,
Our national missionary friend, Peter, recently returned from a ministry trip among the Wataturu where 3 new believers were baptized. He also worked on building a high fence around the well in preparation to install a solar pump, panels and a tank. They are already in need of water, as things are very dry now, but we wait for God’s timing. Please pray with us for this need.
Also, our friend David Michael has now completed 1 year of studies at the Missions school on the coast, 2 months of field work and 2 months of research among the unreached Wakami tribe in the Morogoro region (eastern Tanzania). He is checking out one other people group and then he and his wife will pray and then go where the Lord leads them to serve among the unreached. Please pray for God’s clear guidance and provision for David and his wife Sarah. Also, continue to pray for the Tanzanian church to mobilize and begin to send, pray for and support Tanzanian missionaries. This is all very new to the believers here.
Next week (July 26-28) a small team of 7 of us will go to the village of Shankala, about 6 hours from here, and do door to door evangelism, open air gospel preaching and Christian films. There is a new church plant there, which we hope to encourage, and help them evangelize their community. Pray for God’s Spirit to prepare us and those who will hear the Good News. And pray for the powers of darkness to be bound so that people will be free to respond to the Gospel.
The 8 students at the Disciples of Jesus school are on a short break. We will start up on Aug. 8, for our 3rd and final term of the year. They will, Lord willing, graduate at the end of October. Please pray for Aroni, a former student, who will be teaching for the first time. Pray for him as he prepares.
We are pleased to have Esther and Emily back home with us for an 8 week summer break from boarding school in Kenya. We hope to do a few fun things together as a family. Please pray for our family and each of our children, that we might walk humbly and in daily fellowship with our God and Savior.
There are many church problems in another area of Tanzania, that are ending up in legal battles. Please pray for God’s intervention, and for resolution to these conflicts. Pray that both sides would humble themselves and seek to reconcile instead of going to court.
Your prayers make a difference in the work here, because we have a great and powerful God. Please don’t stop praying for these needs.
Grace and peace to you.
Luke and Gina Johnson
