-an article by alumni student George Kibona
The following was a note passed to me (Gary) the morning following a Bible Club meeting. The writer, George Kibona, has been featured in other updates. He, like Nestory, was a graduate this year and is currently working with his father and "chased" mother, helping each on their farms. He often shared his desire to develop in business and own land in order to employ and bless poor people. He wrote in reflection on our Bible Club lesson on church unity. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all Christendom would hear and heed the words of this African teenager?
(Editor's note: George’s article was forwarded as typewritten words in an e-mail, with edit helps by Gary & Joanne that are in parenthesis. It is unknown if George typed the article himself, dictated as it was typed, or written on paper and later typed out by Gary or Joanne. Assuming the latter, while maintaining it as unedited, for visual impact I took the liberty to change the font to simulate handwritten words and to display it on tablet paper images to better replicate what George's original article may have looked like.)
We are Christian missionaries serving the Almighty Lord as teachers at Idigima Secondary School near the village of Idiwili, in the region of Mbeya in Tanzania, Africa. The school was built by the people of several nearby villages and is run by Village Schools Tanzania. The mission is simply to share the Gospel through education.
Scripture Favorites
From VSI literature: We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the Gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
Gary's: Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
Joanne's: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
Gary's: Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
Joanne's: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Cat Whisperer
Here is an audio presentation, about their linguistic feline,Tanzy, in Joanne's own voice.
Tanzy
(Tanzy was a much welcomed, yet uninvited, guest that appeared at their door early in their first year of service in Tanzania. Tanzy has since passed on, but left a legacy of five kittens, one of whom “serves” along with Gary and Joanne today. Her name is Callie.)
Callie
Gary spoke of the usefulness and primary purpose of cats in an earlier audio presentation, Cats, and the felines have been mentioned in other postings:
How Do We Feel? We Feel At Home.
Tanzy
Greetings from Tanzania!
To play back the audio recording, be sure to first turn on the speakers of your computer, and either scroll down the right side of the blog to reach the "Featured Audio Clip" or click on the "Audio Clips" tab across the top of the blog to open a new page that will eventually hold the archive of all the audio clips.
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