The Tanzania Weekly Update
Vol.3, No. 29
January 20,2008
Dear Supporters, Family and Friends,
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL brought some more rain and cooler weather. The new students at the ACSOP are settling in well and adjusting to the routine. Our newest missionaries, Hochdorfs, are busy buying necessary appliances and furnishings for their house along with taking care of a hundred and one details. J Our other new family, the Samfords, seem to be doing great, with Bonnie eager to prepare to help teach in the summer Ladies’ Seminar. Our team is growing and that means that more will be accomplished in Tanzania…all to the glory of God. We’re also glad to have 4 more children as a part of the team. It’s not only the husband and/or wife who serve as missionaries…the children make a difference and those old enough can contribute to the work also. Our children have folded and handed out tracts, made copies of Bible material, helped bind and catalog books for the school library, colored sheets for flip-charts, taught children’s Bible classes, Lindsey actually taught a short lesson during a ladies’ seminar, Todd has preached a few times and was a junior counselor at the Future Preacher’s Camp, and the girls have helped out tremendously in the area of food preparation for guests and new missionaries. So… never underestimate the value and capability of young people…they can do more than we think. J
YESTERDAY, OUR GUARD called our attention to a hilly area across from our driveway. Many Tanzanian neighbors (men, women and children) were running toward a house that’s actually hidden from our view. One man stopped to pull a good-sized branch from a small tree. A thief (mwezi) had been caught at the house and people were running to beat him. They ran over the hill and thankfully we couldn’t see or hear what all happened. Trina said she felt sorry for the thief! Many times the Tanzanians take the law into their own hands because many of the police are corrupt, taking a bribe from the criminal and letting them off easy. Most likely, the Tanzanian house that was robbed did not have a fence, dogs or a guard (deterrents to thievery).
THE FAMILY OF DON WHALEY are grieving and suffering from their great loss. Don suffered a massive stroke and then another shortly after. He died a few days ago and the funeral was scheduled for Saturday. Please pray for them.
LAST, it is my parent’s wedding anniversary today. James W. and Jackie Gee have been married 46 years (if I have calculated correctly). Congratulations Mom and Dad!! They have done well, even though they were saddled with having to raise me!
“THE BEST PLACE TO SUCCEED is where you are with what you have.” Charles M. Schwab
In Christian Love,
The Jimmy Gee family
