Death is the enemy

Yesterday a good man died.  He was an elderly man in our church who loved the gospel, loved the Bible, and loved the church.  He was humble and gentle and he loved my kids.  He was 82 years old and had been married for 64 years.

Death is the enemy.  This isn't the way it's supposed to be.

In Tanzania, Africa the average life expectancy is 52 years.  7 children out of every 100 die at birth.  Many young children die of malaria.  Millions of Tanzanians are infected with HIV/AIDS.

Death is the enemy.  This isn't the way it's supposed to be.

"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.  The last enemy to be destroyed is death.  Death has been swallowed up in victory," I Corinthians 15:57,25-26,54.

We consider it a joy to go and share the good news of hope and victory in Jesus with the people of Tanzania.