My Journey

    The young man pictured above is Eli.  Of course, that is not his given name, but it is the one most call him as his given name is long and hard for me to remember.  Eli is of the masai tribe.  They practise many things which are contrary to the Bible and are cattle farmers.  Eli came to me in July last year asking if I would be willing to assist him in going to college.  While I get many requests for help which I cannot grant, this particular one I felt compeled to meet.    Eli informed me that his father has 4 wives and 22 children.  Eli is 22 and stated that he had no desire to stay within the tribe and continue as a cattle farmer.  His desire was to continue his education in order to find better work.  Eli had already taken the initiative to apply to two higher education courses and had been accepted by one and was awaiting news of his acceptance to the other.  Having recieved this acceptance, he was now...

It is funny, don't you think, that we wish each other a Happy New Year.  I understand that it is the turning of a new calendar and, of course, it signifies that we have lived through it....but do we really expect the New Year to be different from the days before?  Just a question. Here it is already the bottom half of another month; the previous days have ran together and quickly by.  The first of the month brought many new faces to the mission and an unexpected trip to Dar.  One of the missionaries who arrived at the end of December was Bill Stinson, our state-side mission Administrator.  Unfortunately he was very ill upon arrival at the Mbeya airport and while he did improve from that incident, he continued with chest pains.  His continued chest pain was the reason for the trip to Dar.  We went to one of the cardiologists in Dar for assistance.  Bill was given some medications to stabalize his heart and chest pain.  We were sad Bill had t...

I want to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I pray that the Good Lord blesses you all throughout this year. I also want to thank all of you who helped me to have a very successful 2013 at Chimala Mission.  I pray that we can all continue to work together to make 2014 even more successful.