Pray for Tanzania

Please pray for Tanzania. 

The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, died suddenly last week, after not being seen publicly for over two weeks. Pray for peace and stability in the country as many rumors and speculations are swirling around about the cause of his death. Pray for comfort for those who are grieving. Pray that people will turn to Jesus for hope and peace.

Can you hear me now?

Those are the words that we all dread on a Zoom meeting.

"Hello? I can't see you."

"Uh oh. You're frozen."

"Wait, now I can't hear you."

Sadly, there's been a lot of that recently in my Zoom meetings with the Jita translators in Tanzania. Because of rising COVID cases in Tanzania, the translators have been working from home, which makes internet connection even less reliable than when they worked in the office. On top of that, the rainy season has begun and that seems to cause some extra interference (even though we're very thankful that God has sent rain). 

Thankfully we were able to make a lot of progress today, in spite of the difficulties.

Please pray that God would give us clear, stable internet connections and that our checking sessions together by Zoom would be very productive.

Jita Matthew books finally arrive!

Magesa is holding the book of Matthew printed in the Jita language for the first time ever!

We're so excited! The shipment of Jita Matthew books finally arrived in Musoma! It took longer than expected because we discovered a major problem with the first printing. Some pages were blank, other pages had words cut off, and still other pages were so blurry that they were illegible. After reprinting those books, they were shipped to Musoma, and now they finally arrived. This is the first time that the book of Matthew has ever been printed in the Jita language...ever! Praise the Lord! 

Thank you for your prayers during this long process. It took years of intense labor, input from lots of different people on multiple continents, and lots of prayer...but it's done!

Now let's pray that the Jita people will come to believe in Jesus as Messiah, Immanuel, Lord, and Savior.