Waama Starts Third Term

Greetings from the beautiful campus of Waama Bible College! Easter break is over and it is time for the third and final term for this school year to begin. Since I last wrote, much has happened…

• By way of progress on the campus, the well is not only completely dug but has even been constructed and is ready for the pump to be set!! Due to some recent special gifts, progress is also being made on the new library, bathrooms, etc.
  
• The weekend before Easter we made our trip to the region of Katesh as planned to do a couple Jesus Film showings. That weekend, our total attendance was around 650 people. That Sunday (Palm Sunday) we attended the central church for that district as they were hosting a choir competition. Upon our arrival, we were made Judges rather than just attendees!! That was a little nerve-racking. See our blog for more pictures (www.benandjesse.blogspot.com).
• The youth Easter conference the following week was also a blessing. Despite the fact that our evening film showing was rained out, the opening service which was held inside was a blessing with over 800 youth. Ben and I were the main speakers. We presented the “Romans Road” method of evangelism.
• That Saturday was a BIG DAY. My sister, Anna, and her fiancé, Dary Fink, were married in Washington D.C. at 11am!! Thank you so much for your prayers on their behalf. Great strides continue to be made in his health and they are both doing very well.
• That was also the day that Ben and I began our Easter break. It was good to see Christy and spend Easter Sunday at an international church in Arusha…singing English hymns. On Monday, Ben and I continued on to Dar Es Salaam where we were able to secure our Tanzanian Tax Identification Numbers. On Tuesday, we took a 2 hour, express-ferry ride out to Zanzibar. It was a wonderful place to spend about 4 days of our Easter break. Mostly we just rested but we were also able to check out some dolphins, go snorkeling, run around the island on some rented motorcycles, etc. It is another one of God’s blessings for something like that to be in our backyard when people from all over the world pay thousands of dollars to have the same experience. Soon, there will be pictures of all this on the blog, too.
• Now we are back at Waama. Students are arriving today and they hope to start classes up already tomorrow. We are excited about all that the next couple months will hold: Our Bible classes this term are Daniel and Galatians; weekends will be full of village ministry trips; and much planning is going into the Uganda Jesus Film trip which will follow graduation in late June and proceed travel to the States. Pray for Ben as he also considers going to the States during the same time to see his parents who will be on furlough from Brazil and his oldest brother who will also be on furlough from the mission field in Papua New Guinea.

There is always more that could be said but I am really trying to be more brief this time than the last couple emails. God bless you all for the blessing you are to my life through your prayers, letters, encouragement, and support in other ways.

In Christ,

Jesse Long